4.5
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

5⭐️

I had really high expectations for this book. I thought it was incredibly slow and only started to pick up around the 200-page mark. From there, it got quite a bit better. I did find that I was annoyed at times because there were some painfully obvious things that Poppy took way too long to figure out. If you don't try to compare it to other series (ACOTAR for me specifically), it's pretty good. I'm looking forward to reading the rest.

i liked it enough. i think i might just find court drama to be a snore. it reminded me a bit of a kiss of iron which i also found lacking.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

love love love! really didn’t want this book to end!
the chemistry between poppy and hawke is insane and I can’t wait to read the sequel✨
5⭐️‘s
dark emotional funny 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: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes