I wanted to read this series because I had the chance to meet the author, Joseph Delaney, when I was in high school and I am determined to read the series, even at twenty-four-year-old. I struggled with this book with the change of the POV.  

This book is based on Grimalkin, we met her in the previous book. She is the most fear witch, the most ruthless and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don’t stand a chance. She is the witch assassin. Grimalkin’s one alliance is with Tom Ward, the Spook’s apprentice. With Tom, she plans to rid the world of the most terrifying evil, the Fiend, who once did her great wrong. Grimalkin has never been defeated. But can she survive an enemy created for the sole purpose of destroying her? 

I would have loved for Thorne to stay alive and have been badass and hoped was part of the team, she seemed such a bad ass. She saved this book from being 2 stars. I loved the relationship between Thorne and Grimalkin, and I was rooting for her.  

My main issue with this book is that I missed the Spook and Tom, I didn’t mind Grimalkin having the main point of view, but I would have loved for her to be with the gang and for them to defeat the Fiend. It took me a while because I still seen her as a bad guy, and we were supposed to be rooting for her in this book. During the last book, I said, “hopefully this is the last time we see the Fiend” and guess what, he is still alive and kicking. I wanted Alice to stand up for herself and I can see the way that this book is going with Alice going into dark magic. Plus, the number of times that Grimalkin said “I am Grimalkin” was slightly cringy as a kid it might have been like powerful, but as I got older it was just laughable.  

This book felt like a filler book, where I was wanting something major to happen, besides Grimalkin losing Thorne and Grimalkin nearly dying. Nothing really happened.