Writing: 

So far the biggest improvement over the last book has to be the writing. There are back stories to things now, the unexplained from the 1st book has been explained, and the Indian landscape has been used so beautifully. The world built in the last book overall feels more put together and I got used to the writing style pretty quickly, which wasn't the case for the last book.

Characters: 

Let's talk about my favorite part. The new characters in this book are SO COOL. This was the last thing I expected. I felt the book would just build more on the world introduced and would throw random battles at me. But nope. The characters are well-written and well-thought-out. The previously introduced characters also have had great development and more layers to their story. The one complaint I had about the previous book was that it felt biased towards Shiva's point of view, but that changed here. Every character's pain, grief, and history are acknowledged and talked about.

One thing I love about the book is how symbolic it is. The subtle references to history, mythology, regions, and everything else is just genius. Everything has a meaning. Everything is well thought out. The minuscule details have not been missed. And something that I appreciated the last time also was his efforts to make sense of our mythological magic. He explains it with science, history, and/or geography, and not just lets the magic hang there. Amish did his homework with this book utterly well. There were moments in the book where I was like 'what!!!!' in a good way.

I described the previous book as a retelling of Indian mythology. But I think now it's the rewriting of Indian mythology. Amish has just sought to build his own goddamn world. It has nothing to do with mythological stories; it's just heavily inspired by them. Overall, a fun read after exam week, which was quite unexpected.