This volume continues the story of Amir and her (much younger) husband during the first year of their marriage. Here, Amir's family makes good on their threats to take Amir back, so she can be given in marriage to another clan. I accused the last volume of glossing over some of the harsher aspects of this life, but here we start to get a glimpse of some of those harder sides of life--most notably, in the other clan's treatment of women (Amir must be traded to them because there are no marriageable young women left in her own clan; those that were given to the other clan died of abuse).
The art and storytelling continue to be wonderful in this volume. The third volume looks like it will shift away from Amir for a while, but I hope we get to see more of these characters later in the series.
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