4/5 stars 401 pages - i’m surprised by how much i enjoyed this. like i was really sucked in. i couldn’t put it down for the first half of the book (and then life got in the way). i will say there are definitely things that could have been done better, explored more, many things that should have been better set up, and some things that were just not really believable or realistic… some of the writing also felt a little flat… but wow! i really like this magic world. and i fell for the characters… it’s definitely giving YA but. i’m enjoying myself :)