The same can be said for Amari regarding her strength of will.  The human rebel princess who stole the only artifact that can bring magic back to the diviners, despite her father (the king) making it his mission to assure that magic never returns to Lagos again. Amari acts after a devastating loss of a friend, and it's not clear from the start whether she did it purely driven by emotion or if she actually believed in her new-found cause. Amari is not too conflicted about her circumstances, she leaves the comfort of her royal upbringing and finds that what she had feared all her life, is the reality. I must say, I didn't like Amari in the beginning because she allows herself to be paralysed by fear on several occasions even though she is said to be a trained fighter. Her role seemed to have run its course after the first few chapters, but I was pleasantly surprised by her growth as the story unfolded. She might be the character with the most personal growth in the book and by the end, there is no way for you to not root for her.

With regard to the plot, all I can say is that every single chapter had a cliffhanger, which of course, made it almost impossible to put down. It also made it read a lot like a film. Knowing that Tomi did use writing techniques commonly found in scriptwriting, it was easy to see how the film could be adapted to the screen. The novel is very much plot driven, which at times did bother me a little because everything seemed like it was happening too fast but the payoff was definitely worth it.