i hated this so bad. i swear the first 80% of the book pretty much nothing happens - it did not need to be this long! i didn’t like the writing style in the previous books either but it seems to have gotten worse somehow. i hate the prose and the dialogue feels even worse. i’m not a fan of the single parent/teen dad thing at all so that might be why i couldn’t connect to the story much, but even the side plot bored me. don’t get me wrong there was a lot going on but the whole thing felt messy, rushed, and lacking. even the characters i liked in the first three books seem to have been ruined. victoria and captain both seemed to have so much promise before but it’s very much fallen flat here.

This book just wasn't as good as the first three. It was still enjoyable, but Captain and Victoria just aren't as captivating to me as Raven and Maddoc.