What I Loved

➳ the angst (oh it was ANGSTING)

➳ Jacks' POV (about damn time)

➳ all the twists and turns (the gasps I gusped)

➳ very high stakes (shaking in my boots)

➳ SO many great quotes (*swoon*)

What I didn't like about this was how much focus there was on Apollo. I get that we needed his POV chapters for impact, but did we really need that many..? I hated him with a fiery passion and while I love when a book evokes intense feelings, I do not enjoy being miserable half the time.

The parts in this I loved I LOVED but overall it left me wanting more. More Jacks, more reward for their pain, more answers to some plot points that were just kinda... brushed over or ignored which I wished were focused on before the series wrapped up for a more satisfying ending. (I haven't read the Caraval series yet so maybe that'll shed some more light on it!)

I really enjoyed the writing and worldbuilding, so whimsical and like a pastel explosion (in a good way) but with a slightly darker side of centuries old twisted curses, a metric shit ton of pining, packed to the brim with action and so much happening my face was 😦 a good chunk of the time.

This book hurt me in great (and some less great ways) and even though the ending felt a bit rushed I will definitely re-read this whole series.