So to start I'll have to admit I requested this ARC a bit ago and didn't remember much about my reasoning anymore. When I then opened the book and saw it was in verse I had a small moment of confusion as I really had no idea it would be. But I think this book has convinced me I really love novels in verse. I love how the story flowed and used it's format in a way that felt incredibly emotional. I felt so very moved by the feelings of the main character and felt I was really in the middle of it all. It illustrated the story so well that I could picture everything in my head, surrounded by this wonderful story. This being in verse was exactly what the book needed and made it amazing.

The character relations within this book were so amazing too. Their romance was at the center of this story, but it wasn't a romance book. The romance and characters get established fast but it felt fitting in the way it was written, and then the story moves on to the bigger plot of Liora in coma. In the underworld their love was so clear for me as reader. Renee really takes care of Andres, and Andres also of Renee in his own way. But both are always focused on Liora making it feel that all three are always in the picture of the story. 

Those first few chapters really felt fast paced but nowhere it felt rushed. Then when we get to the point of going to the underworld the tone of the book changes and magic is everywhere. It feels there is a very distinct division of "before the underworld" and "in the underworld." Both parts have their charm. Before the underworld there is love and joy rooted in reality, while in the underworld anything can happen and the world is full of magic. Before the poetry felt full of Andres pain but also his joy in Renee and Liora. While in the underworld the poetry really shined in the way it could write the magical things happening. Both were done amazing and made me really fall in love with this book.

Concluding I think this book is absolutely amazing and would recommend it to anyone who likes queer books in verse.


I received this eARC through Netgalley and this was my honest review.