The second book in the Auralia's Colors series is an interesting read. Now that Overstreet has set up his world - "The Expanse" - he can delve more deeply into the different groups of people that populate it. House Abascar and the Ale Boy return in this story, but the focus of the novel is elsewhere.

House Bel Amica, introduced in Book 1 as a rival of House Abascar is where most of the story happens. Cyndere, the heiress to the throne of Bel Amica, is struggling with the losses of her father, brother and husband. She retreats to a small outpost on the border between Bel Amica's territory and that of the cursed house, Cent Regus. There, she finds that her husband's death is part of a larger plot to upset the order of House Bel Amica, and all the other civilized houses in The Expanse...

I enjoyed Cyndere's Midnight very much. I particularly appreciated how the action shifted from one character to another smoothly, but also in a way that kept my attention. Overstreet's world is a fascinating place, and I look forward to returning there in the next book in the series.