took me two months to read this coz it was so long and so boring. wasn't hooked at all. i was deadset on giving this 1 star until i came across helene and musa's insane chemistry that made me go googoogaga and the last fifty pages were the best in the entire book. laia is a character who is stupid asf but literally everyone keeps telling her "ohemgee u're so smort gorlie keep slaying" and i go WHERE DAWG WHERE. the elaia edging was annoying not enticing, helene and harper lost 90% of their chemistry, keris veturia's character was fumbled so bad—she had sm potential to be a great villain, and the nightbringer had bpd or sumn coz he felt so comical in parts despite having depth. i feel like so many things happen in this book for plot reasons and not character reasons. people coming back outta nowhere w half-assed explanations again and again gets old after a while. wouldn't recommend tbh. this series as a whole is a 3 stars at most. mid asf imo.
