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Ate this book up immediately after finishing Book #2. My favorite character will always be Holland - he made a far more intriguing character than Kell and Bard combined. In fact, I’d say that all the side characters were more interesting than the two protagonists.

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kelsids's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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soph_ship's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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adventurous sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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giselle_tbr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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benmor0213's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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sandwiiche's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

a good conclusion, but it definitely could've way better. however, i definitely enjoyed this WAYYY more than the second book. the only reason why it's 0.25 stars lower than the first is because i felt like the first book wrapped things up a lot better than this book.
there were some really good things that happened, such as

holland's backstory, which really stole the show for me. i also enjoyed how high the stakes felt. my favourite moment was probably when alucard walked in on kell and lila; that was absolutely hilarious

the romance also ate, i enjoyed seeing them together 😮‍💨

however, there were many unanswered questions and unexplained things. like

kell's backstory? lila's backstory? why is she an antari? what is the full backstory of how black london got cut off from the rest of the londons? why on earth would grey london be mentioned multiple times but end up having no value at all? what was the point of all the random povs throughout the story? also, how did osaron come to be? idk man, i just wasn't impressed by him at all. it felt like another generic shadowy dark monster/demon. i was also expecting some big twist or something to happen at the end, but no, everything went pretty much according to plan.

overall, this whole series feels incomplete and paced really weirdly. it was quite fun tho, and i really enjoyed the magic system and world. at the end, i did end up liking the characters, especially

holland

but i don't think that ill be thinking of them anytime soon 🩸

i think this series had a lot of potential, but sadly it just ended feeling very lackluster to me

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