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I knew this book wasn’t exactly for me; I only read it because I want to read some of the later books in the series and I DESPISE reading a series out of order. I don’t feel like writing a properly structured review so here are some random thoughts:

1. Killian… lord. I knew going into this book that he would be what I hated most, and I was pretty much right. He had his moments, sure, but I don’t even know how to describe how many more moments of his just sucked. First, the whole psychopath thing… ok. You’re really telling me that like ALL of the kids of the original couples are this traumatized??? Clearly some parenting issues there. And the statistical probability…. ok I get it, this is fiction. Anyway, it was just so hard to take Killian seriously. I’m sorry, you are a child. 19 YEARS OLD. Pls get a life and stop acting like you’re god.
2. Glyndon was a lot better. The most annoying thing about her was by far her name, which I don’t think suits her at all LOL. She wasn’t exactly a pushover, which I liked, but she also didn’t stand up for herself as much as I wished, when it came to Killian. HE’S A PSYCHOPATH. Stop feeling bad for him and punch him or something. I really wish she hurt him at least once. Violent of me, I know, but if you read this you’d get it. (see how we keep getting back to how much killian sucks? yeah.) (also random comment number 2, when she said “im yours” i wanted TO RIP MY EYES OUT literally what. he grovelled for 0 SECONDS and you start saying stuff like that???? no)
3. A lot of people said this book was boring, and I disagree. I hated a lot of it, but at the very least, it was entertaining.
4. That ending sucked though. Way too sudden, and the stakes weren’t as high as they could have been when you take the rest of the book into account
5. These two had better not have any kids because I am SCARED for those poor children ngl

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bellyconrad's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

3.0

shea_butter's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

3.5

I wish more time was spent exploring each of the secret societies because without that background info it just felt like they were rival college fraternity fighting for notoriety. That entire aspect of the book was a lot of tell and not show and the reader is just supposed to believe that a bunch of late teen and early 20 year olds are super powerful and feared. The conflict and "villain" that popped up in the last 10% was also very underdeveloped. The depth of the relationship between the "villain" and the main characters wasn't really highlighted so I don't think that reveal had much of an impact. The random chapters from the parents' pov threw me off a bit especially when they referenced things that happened in their own books.

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