Ultimately I loved this book. There were a few comments here and there kind of disparaging on certain groups of people, but in hindsight I think it was part of the whole "Celestial Purity" thing which basically

turned out to be a total farce.

 

I really liked Leigh and Celeste, Jarod and Mimi --

However, the relationship was almost too quickly developed for me. In the end, it's only over the course of a month or so, and I think it might have been better if it had been stretched out a bit. I understand some of the time constraints of the plot, but those could have been tweaked as well. That being said, it definitely fit the whole Romeo and Juliet mood with a quick romance and dual death situation at the end -- I clearly missed the R&J memo on this story, lmao. Because when I got to the end, I was like....wtf. No. Oh, and then Leigh once she got to Elysium -- I get that she got duped, but her obsessive "when Jarod gets her" bit was almost a smidge bit too much for me. I needed more fury and rage at the betrayal. Heartbreak finding out about Jarod's soul. I don't know, maybe I was anxious to be done? Or find out what happens?

I still rate it high despite the few things that made me raise an eyebrow. I'm easy to please.