This book is probably the worst book I have finished since the conception of my spreadsheet. I dont even know where to begin. 

I don't even like this book enough to give it away, the one-star review is genuinely a kindness that this book does not deserve. I wish I had DNFed this book, I don't even know where to begin. I think the origins of my issues with this book is that I purchased it as a blind date with a book at my favorite bookstore. How could my favorite bookstore forsake me like this, even if this book is to someones taste who bought it blindly I still think it was incredibly irresponsible to sell this book wrapped up with only the tag line "raw dark magic underneath these streets". I occasionally dabble in horror/thriller so getting a book from these genres as a blind buy isn't a problem its the sheer brutality depicted in this book. I understand my reading circumstances are unique but that doesn't mean I don't have further criticisms of the actual writing not just my specific experience. 

Usually when I have specific gripes with a book I outline how they could have been improved upon or fixed from my point of view, but upon thinking about the ways I’d improve this book the only logical course of action I could conclude was just “scrap it and try again”

The conflict/apparent driving factor of the plot is not clarified until about 60% of the way through the book. This is just a bunch of words bound into 224 pages of nothingness all together. Sure horror and thriller are supposed to often be uncomfortable but I was uncomfortable for all the wrong reasons. If you have to resort to gory, gruesome, and brutal depictions of hate crimes to elicit a response from the reader, simply get better at your job or pick another career this is a skill issue. Nothing about this book was thrilling. I was never at the edge of my seat anxious to see what is going to happen next. None of the characters feel all the way fleshed out, no one seems to have a true purpose. The magic makes no sense at all, I have such specific issues about magic/fantasy elements in stories not being rooted in any other part of the story. Why is there a weird little fairy wraith following Ghost all the time? But no one else can see it? Where did it come from? Why is he so accepting of it in this otherwise normal non-magic society? We have some weird sorcerer vibes but there is no explanation of why or how he has powers? Is he alone in having magic? There are too many questions that go unanswered about basic foundational plot points.