3.98 AVERAGE


Adored this book. It felt like fairytale vibes mixed with a bit of fantasy with fate involved and a search for love. So well written as the story just flowed and kept me wondering what was going to happen next. A few twists which I loved towards the end which made me read quicker. I definitely want to read the next book to find out what happens
I’d definitely recommend if you just love a nice flowing easy read with a bit of whimsical and fairytale style love to it

There is little to no plot. The writing is TERRIBLE and so much is repeated and fed to the reader that there is no imagination in the story. Every little detail is fed and TOLD to you. Theres no inferring or description as to why/ how we know things. Its just plainly stated. The main character is “pick me” and has no character development. She makes the worst decisions and is borderline stupid, where she forgets things that she’s been warned about, and then makes the same mistakes over and over and over and over again. She reads as a 14 year old. I think shes 17… and I know by the end of the series her and the MMC end up together, but there is no chemistry between them, there’s not even an ounce of anything that would lead me to want these two together. One is an idiotic child. One is a manipulative, liar that they even referred to as predatory multiple times, and because he’s a Fate….. He is centuries old…. Can we stop justifying that love trope. 🤮🤮🤮🤮

The main character could literally be swapped out with any single human on the planet because nothing she does is important. There is one sentence in the book where the author even acknowledges it. And I don’t know if the book is being self-aware, or if it’s that bad..  
“Everyone was friendly in an I’m only talking to you because someone else made you look important sort of way” 
That’s the whole book. She never becomes important…. It’s always because someone else made her important. Everything she does is for a boy. Every action is because she’s thinking of a boy.. She never takes responsibility for her action. She always says it’s because of a boy, or because a boy did something… she has no character of her own. Aside from being a stupid boy, obsessed pick me. 

Other notable sentences are: she had no idea how MMC was at this event because it was a rather exclusive event. Everybody got to meet with the prince that night, so it wasn’t exclusive at all. It was literally opened to everybody…. 

Bad book. Bad writing. Bad / boring one sided characters. No thanks. I gave it a good shot. 

I’m mad that I read that much of it though. Lol. Sorry to the author, and sorry to anybody who this is their favorite book.
adventurous 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

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adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

It gets better every time I read it

Felt like fanfiction
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional fast-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 hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Objectively this was a 3/5 but I adore Jacks and so it gets a 4/5 from me. If you liked both Caraval and Jacks it's worth the read, if you didn't then pass bc it picks up right after Finale and follows a young girl who gets wrapped up in Jacks scheming.