this was... okay. i loved the ending and the character development and kayeava were cute in the end. but i feel like the push and pull of "oh i'm a vampire, i'm a monster" and "i might be human after all" got old. i don't really like the "woe be me, i'm a powerful supernatural creature but i'd rather be human" trope. so. the writing style was also unemotional—

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when tristan died, i felt nothing. when kaye killed liander, which was supposed to be a major climax point, i felt nothing. i barely even realized that casiopea left her powers to ava. that whole exchange felt muted.
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so 2.85 stars overall. not bad really, just not one of my more interesting reads this year.