Lots of people say this book is better than the first, but I find them to be equally good in their own ways. This took me longer than normal to finish which could be due to the pacing. However I loved every part of it, I loved the characters, the plot, the world, the found family trope was all exquisite.  The only thing stopping it from being a 5 star read was some of the spice (I’m not straight) and the lack of diversity.