After book 1 of course I had to read on, Smoke writes addictive worlds, leads, book boyfriends, etc. While these are high school kids (and I am so not anymore) I found it still mostly fun with lots of juicy drama that people of any age can wind up contending with.

Crime families.

Academy setting.

Touch her and die.

Drug / alcohol abuse.

Underage drinking/partying.

Fighting.

Rich kids.

T0rture.

Vengeance.

Betrayal.

Scheming.

SA / non-con.

Corruption.

Kidnapping / trafficking.

Plausible action scenes.

Self-rescuing heroine.

This read was overall, very slow-burn, and 100% predictable, but still fun. I love a good dark read, and I love when things get twisted—this is/does both. Definitely need more.

4 stars.

🎧Audio:

The audio is great, smooth overall production /quality and excellent narrators.