Red-Haired Ash Reads

This omnibus covers chapters 26-54 of the series. 

Like the previous volumes in this series, this one was another action packed and heavy political continuation of Maika’s story. With each volume of this series, this world gets more rich and elaborate, especially as the secrets of the past come to light. 

Maika and Zinn may have been captured by Tuya and have been trapped inside Maika’s mind. While they may be trapped, this gives them an opportunity to find out some of the truths about both of their pasts. I found this to be very fascinating because we finally get to learn more about Zinn’s people and why he seems to be the only one able to be planet side. Being contained within her mind causes Maika to reevaluate things and we see a big change come over her, especially from the first volume. 

Kippa has changed so much as this series progressed. We see her go from a frightened fox to a determined and protective friend. She really finds her strength and determination in this and doesn’t stop fighting for Maika and Zinn. I didn’t actually love Kippa at first but now I really enjoy her character and how she has helped Maika overcome some of her past. 

This volume ends with a war brewing between Maika and her father. I will be very interested in seeing how this plays out because as we have seen in previous volumes, Maika usually doesn’t make plans, she just responds to things as they happen. I do like that we are seeing a new side of Maika that isn’t just all anger, she is starting to actually build alliances and craft plans for herself and Zinn.

TW; death of parents, children, and mass sacrifices; non-consensual experimentations; torture; violence; gore; body horror; 

*ARC provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.*

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