So I liked the beginning quite a bit, but once it got into the story within a story it started to lose me. Especially with alternating chapters like this (and 4 povs in two timelines PLUS letters), it felt like everytime I started getting into the story it switched up. I didn't really connect to the characters cus I kept getting pulled out of their stories. I will say that I liked the end as well, but I'm not sure it was really worth the middle. Tbh I think this would have been better as two separate books