I really enjoy this series. I think that the first two books were better-directed in terms of plot. This installment felt a bit more winding and like it dragged. I found a lot of the world building and history detailing to be confusing. It was really the last ~100 pages or so where things really picked up and got good, I felt like leading up to the last few chapters it was just really slow. The confusion that Poppy experiences, especially toward the end, transferred well because I was also hella confused. There was a lot of info-dumping and telling, as is the case with JLA's books. Other people are saying how there was a ton of romance and spice in this book, but that wasn't my impression? I feel like they just spent a really long time talking about what they were going to do/could do rather than doing it. Granted, I did read other books in the middle of this one, but I just don't consider spice to have been a big aspect of this installment. Things ended on quite the cliffhanger so I'm looking forward to the next book!