Wow, I think I cried more reading Flamefall than I have about any other book this year at the very least. Not even at Robin Hobb's books. I loved Fireborne, but Flamefall really took it up another level. This is a very dark book and Munda does not shy away from dealing with the difficult topics the revolution, war, oppression idealism, loyalty, and different types of family bring up and the consequences of difficult, impossible choice. All that juxtaposed with the fact that these are older teenagers who are being put in impossible situations. I get that the book is technically YA, but this is a very adult YA just in terms of the themes and how much the book makes you reflect on those themes. I personally love the combination of fantasy, fiction, philosophy, and history that Munda weaves all together. But despite the almost heady topics, Munda does such a great job with her characters, and it makes it all the more heartbreaking for that. Flamefall does end on a cliffhanger, but even without the cliffhanger I would still be anxious to read the next one immediately.