I’m glad I tried, but it feels very long. Also the multiple interruptions to drool over Xaden were getting grating. I think the author could have benefitted from just describing Xaden’s attractive points in a good way instead of just having Violet straight up tell us “HES SO HOT GUYS I’m down bad 🥵🥵🥵”

The main two  can’t communicate for shit. Sure she got together with the “leader of a revolution” or whatever but you’re in a serious relationship. Be for real. Violet is understandably feeling very insecure bc everything she knows is turning out to be fake (her image of the world, her brother’s death), she’s annoying but I kinda see why LOL. 

The other thing is that the side characters still feel p flat. Most of what they say and do exists to prop Violet up in the eyes of the reader, very transparently. They don’t seem to have much going on in their lives even tho they’re in the same school. I think the only character I really got attached to was Jesinia. 

There’s also a lot fo focus on anyone except the protagonists literal formerly dead brother from book one 💀💀💀 he’s been as relevant and explored as a potted plant,,, it’s annoying the hell outta me that we haven’t fleshed him out AT ALL 9 hours into the book. He’s been built up a good amount in book 1.

Anyways I might come back to this but I think I’ll be fine just reading a synopsis.