I love Sel forever. He is my personal fav book boyfriend. I could not handle the ending. Words honestly cannot describe my feelings. Go read it now, I can't believe I waited this long to read it. I will be reading the next one immediately when it comes out.

Seriously though this book is even better than the first one in a lot of ways. The intricacy and uniqueness of the story is top shelf. This is even despite my one criticism which is the complexity of the Order, the amount of positions and characters are difficult to keep track of. I had to make lots of notes and even though the plot of the first book is recapped well I still struggled with how the characters fit into this hierarchy. Really this could be solved by adding a character list, or adding the names of people to the charts that are already provided.

I discussed with a friend also that I love love triangles when all parties have so much mutual respect for each other and there is little animosity between them. I have been team Sel from the beginning, but I liked Nick a lot more in this book because of the aforementioned respect he has for both Bree and Sel as people. 

Bree is a freaking goddess. I love her as a MC so much and this is why

the ending is so devastating because I fear she is going to a dark place. BUT I was absolutely feral for the 'lesson' learned at the end of this book which is that Bree can choose and accept her own power on her own terms. She doesn't need the assistance of her ancestors, but only to believe in herself.

1/5 🌶️ (the tension tho? 5/5)