i thought parts of this book were boring, mainly the slice of life stuff or talking about the sport ludares. i will say i was absolutely a sucker for the

dancing in the laundry room scene

, but the rest of it could have been toned down a bit. 

i also found a lot of parts regarding

jaxon and hudson’s interactions with grace

to be super cheesy in a cringey way. i wish some of that was different but it wasn’t the worst either. 

i was annoyed that the major climax at the end was mainly the

ludares trial. i thought it was kind of weird that a highschool sport was meant to be some intense event that allows someone to hold a seat at the governing body that controls like all of supernatural beings and their laws.

i loved the last line of the book a lot, def a great way to leave off until the next book. the last line points to something that i was hoping for anyways, so now im even more excited to go to the next book. i probably would have given 4 stars if there was less of the fluff since it made the book really long. otherwise, i will probably buy physical copies of the whole series since i’ve been loaning it from my library but like it enough to buy.