2.5/5

Oh boy yeah no. This was a big disappointment. Had such potential but the execution was...wrong. That was a hot mess unsatisfying ending that also left me with no interest in reading a sequel? I'm assuming there is a sequel coming but it isn't labeled as a series anywhere that I can find. There's no development of the science/magic and very blah characters. I just started skimming for the last 1/4 of the book. I was so done with it all