Get ready to be confused! The nonlinear timeline, unreliable narrator, and intentionally confusing narrative are used as plot devices. Once you’re a good chunk into the book things start to make a little bit of sense. It’s so gripping at that point that you’ll want to stick with it despite the confusion. Keep in mind, it’s not just you who’s confused. Harrow is too. It makes you feel more involved in Muir’s universe rather than just a spectator. I wasn’t sure if I would be sticking with the series past this book but the ending was so compelling that I simply must continue. I can’t ~not~ know more about this story, this universe, that Tamsyn Muir has created.