It was fine, but it had the potential to be great. The content warnings were dark so I wrongly assumed that this was YA for 16 year olds to 18 year olds. Instead the writing and dialogue was written like it was for middle schoolers. 

Manisha is a great character and I’m hopeful that the reviews for book two will show that the writing evolves to represent the age this book is written for. I wish there was more world building for some pieces of this story. Also parts of the story seemed like they moved too fast?I won’t be rushing to pick up book 2 unfortunately. 

Check your trigger warnings as there is a lot of sexual assault, violence against women, and violence in general in this book.

This is without a doubt one of my favorite covers in a LONG time though. Beautiful! I’m sad this won’t have a forever space on my bookshelf.