Wow! This book was such a fun read! This is definitely what we needed to add to the YA canon. A book to show young black boys that they are magically and worthy. I was hooked after Act I and couldn't top reading. The story wasn't overally predictable and I was genuinely surprised by the secrets revealed! I didn't see em coming just like Malik didn't. Malik's POV is firmly established and he's complex and flawed and dynamic. Can't help but grow to love him. 

Only nitpicky thing is sometimes the slang/cuss words felt awkward. I dunno if anything was edited as I read an ARC or if it's a southern thing Im not familiar with as a northerner. There were moments a character would think or say something and I'd be like "what?? Who says that?" Lol but eventually got used to it and it didn't take away from a great, magical adventure .