The Girl and the Stars

I quite liked where the book went - the expanded world building and the new locations, but I have to criticise the way it did it. More specifically, the overuse of some powers, which made it difficult to feel like there's any stakes.
Our main characters was brought to the brink multiple times, only to overcome said brink with basically no effort. It just seems like there's no limit to what she can do and that brings a certain level of flatness to my emotional investment. If you gonna give someone near unlimited power, you should limit the frequency with which they can use it.
And show me their struggle before they get to figure out how to surpass said limits. Simply alleging that they struggled with it at one point, then immediately allowing them to blast past any limitations makes it feel unearned.

Still, I was craving this sort of deep dive into this world, ever since I read Book of the Ancestor a few years ago. So, all the reveals were definitely satisfying. And those are the reason why I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.