I loved the first book in this series, Caius and Echo's relationship was a joy to read about and uncovering this secret world felt magical. The world is complex and the characters diverse so it was a given I'd pick up the second book to see where the story leads.

I'll start by saying that I enjoyed the book. But I can't help but feel disappointed after completing this one. I enjoyed a significant portion of the chapters. Ivy had some great development, Jasper and Dorian had some great moments, and any part that had Caius and Rowan interacting was quite entertaining, but some glaring pacing issues kept me from loving it. Pretty much every chapter followed a different character from the previous and this made transitions very jarring, I kept getting pulled out of the story. The biggest problem for me though was the ending. It felt so rushed. The whole book leading up to (view spoiler) just for it to me over in a couple pages. I needed more payoff and that ending just didn't do it for me.

It's a good book, but for me, the pacing prevents this from being a great one. It's definitely still worth the read if you love these characters and I'm looking forward to picking up the final book in this trilogy.