UPDATE 12/24/24: I obviously dnf'd this last year, and I would have been fine had I never returned. tbh there was no reason for this book to be over 300 pages, and once I hit that last 80 pages knowing I was about to enter the third act conflict I was just wondering why I still had so much to go. all this being said, there is nothing wrong with this book besides being a bit too long, and it just didn't work for me (maybe it's bc I'm fem4fem so I just can't get into a heavily butch love interest idkidk). i am interested in the third book in this series, partly bc the cover is divine, partly bc I would love to see Tara as a main character.

12/20/23: dnf @ p. 140

this is a soft dnf. I'm going to keep this until next year and see if I want to give it a second chance. but for now, I'm already in a slump and it just made it worse. while I've been currently reading this book I have not even wanted to pick up any book at all.