TWOTQ definitely ranks above TCOGB, but is still my third favorite book of the BAA series. If you count ASITE, then this is my fourth favorite. It was a lot of information-dumping and correcting the magic system/world-building confusion from the previous books.

Poppy and Cas are separated for just over half the book,

which was annoying but I appreciated the growing bond between Poppy and Kieran. I definitely think it opens the conversation of different types of love and attraction. The recycled jokes and side comments weren’t as intense in this book as TCOGB, so that’s a relief, and slightly better grammar. It had decent spice, but not as intense as previous books.

I did appreciate the Joining, I think it was meant to be an intimate act of tying their lives together so it didn’t need to be pornographic. But if they have sex again, it better be hot. 
The constant revelations of what Poppy is, is getting tiresome though, so this better be the last of it. I do appreciate a series where there are two villains and I’m very happy Isbitch is dead and Poppy got to kill her. I was a little put off about Millicent being Poppy’s sister and Malik’s heart mate, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how that is developed. I did panic in the end when I saw so many characters died so

it’s obvious I’m invested in the storyline despite its flaws. I anticipate the next book in this series and the FAF series.