First off let me premise this review by saying Amanda Foody truly outdid herself with her world building and character development/ description/ interaction. It’s as if she took everything I loved about DOTBC and turned it up to full volume. These aspects to stories are SO important, and she blew it out of the water. As I said on my Twitter- descriptions of smog and piss were popping up because of the atmosphere of the story, and I was dead inside because of the details and writing in regards to it.
Levi is by far my favorite because I loved the different segments to him as a character. He contrasts himself severely, and it was stunning to see Amanda juggle him being both moral and immoral. He’s a very realistic and grey character, which y’all know I love! Also his character description looks-wise just... *fans face* Amanda Foody is fabulous at creating unique and incredible characters.
Furthermore, the crime in this story was written superbly! I’ve never really read a crime/ gang story before, and this novel just makes me wanna read more. You can really tell that Amanda did her research.
The political intrigue was AMAZING. It was a mix of political and criminal, and the lines became blurred and just YES. Political stories make me so happy, and it was done so well in this book! 
Now the fantasy element was really fascinating to me. I’m not going to explain it because of spoilers, but I really LOVED it! It really added this emphasis on family names. AOS is a gang story, and since gangs have this importance on names and familial relations- it just felt perfect for the story.
All in all, I could go on about how great this story was, but then I’d probably start spoiling and that’d be bad haha. AOS comes out April 10, 2018, and the preorder link is in my bio for anyone interested. I cannot wait for y’all to get your hands on this story that is much more than just a criminal one!
Another favorite aspect was the representation! Oh my goodness Amanda Foody is incredible at incorporating diversity, especially sexuality-wise, into her stories. There is POC as main characters, a character who dresses as a female or with no gender, and a individual who is attracted to both males and females to just name a few. It is incredible. Fantasy books do not often have this depth, and it only added to the greatness within this story.
Also the squad- THE SQUAD. They don’t show up till the latter parts of the story, but I’m dying for this sequel because they made it amazing. It’s making me WISH that it was next year, and I only had to wait for the sequel- not the first book.
All in all, this story was everything I wanted, needed, and could’ve hoped for. I’m so excited for everyone to get a taste of this luscious and criminally exciting tale!