This is the second book of the Ends World duet. Like most duologies, the first book ends with a cliffhanger and book two starts right where it left off. Overall, this book is heavy on the dark and very light on both the romance and the plot. The characters are unrelatable, the events of the book are implausible, and the author keeps the plot a secret from the reader throughout almost the entirety of the duet. The only good thing about this book is it’s on Kindle Unlimited. 

The author waits until the midway point of this second book of the duet before starting to dole out any actual information to the reader to clue you in on the plot. And—even then—it hardly clears up the confusion through that point. 

Antoinette gave me whiplash in this book with her feelings for Darius wildly swinging from love to hate with no discernible cause. The phrase “f*ck around and find out” was so overused that it was grating. There is a bit of smut but not anywhere near enough to justify the complete lack of plot. The whole duet feels very chaotic, and not in a good way. 

The only reason I forced myself to read this book is because I wanted the closure of knowing how the story ends (and starts, honestly). I’m literally incapable of DNF-ing a book once I start reading. Long story short, I should’ve just skipped this one.