Let's start this off clear and simple: I'm disappointed. I had mostly really enjoyed Delilah's book, and was looking forward to seeing Astrid develop.

The worst issue this book has is with it's method of diversifying the cast. Frequently, when characters of colour were introduced, their race was stated before anything else about them. A few times, characters had discussions of feminism or mentioned trans and non-binary characters and whenever they did that, they would speak the same way a Wikipedia article reads. These attempts, although much appreciated, were stilted and awkward and broke the flow of the entire story. 

One of the major problems, for me, was Jordan. She was highly judgemental without ever analysing her own actions, quick to blow up at Astrid for minor things. The most infuriating thing Jordan did was getting upset at Astrid for doing to her the same thing she was doing to Astrid. This made for an incredibly annoying read, as the focus was very often on her and not on Astrid, which just enhanced the feel of disappointment.

This, in of itself, was also a major complaint I had: Astrid's story barely got any development despite her being the main character. All of the internal struggles she had felt contrived in order to allow more space for Jordan. 

Jordan and Astrid's supposed "chemistry" was completely unconvincing. When they were in the "rivals" part of their relationship, I felt none of the tension that was supposed to be there, and since that was technically the foundation of their relationship, it made their romance difficult to root for. 

 I did not like the way Meredith was portrayed here at all, I feel like Jordan was quite unfair to her. Most of the newly introduced characters barely had any effect on the plot. However, the coven's characterisation was consistent to the previous book, which was nice to see. 

The TV show element was highly underdeveloped -- frankly, it barely had any effect on the plot. 

Overall, I'm honestly rather disappointed. I had hopes and none of them were met.