4.34 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring 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: No

This book is absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to continue the series!!! 
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny 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: No
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a mess of a book, but I also really enjoyed it. The pacing was all over the place, bits of plot are picked up and set down to be seemingly (still) forgotten, and the formatting and structure sometimes get in the way of the reading experience (for example, there are no page numbers or full chapter breaks, which makes referencing where you are in the book with someone else more challenging that it would normally be). I think it would definitely be improved by an editor, but I also really enjoyed the informal, almost conversational style of storytelling, at least for the most part. I found myself drawn into the world and, while I was frustrated with the ending, I will read book two. 

The story was SO GOOD. But man there were so many little editing mistakes (misspelled or wrong words, awkward sentence structure, mixed tenses) it was distracting at times. 

All that being said the adult black magic school was so well built I felt fully immersed. Characters were great. Questionably moral, which is fun. Romances were toxic in a way I would not want for my homegirl but was fun to read.