🧶 I’m not a fan of YA, and this was not an exception for me. I struggled to connect with the characters and the plot devices came of trope-y for me. Almost city-of-bones esque
🧶 some of the dialogue to move the plot further seemed clumsy.
🧶 the pacing 
🧶 I don’t know why but the names of all the characters seemed to random. Swift? Vale?

🪄 curse cards - the history lover enjoyed that detail of world building