Masquerade was a lot of fun to read. The writing hasn’t improved much from book one, but the characters and the plot sure did! This book had great pacing, and an even amount of plot development as well as scenes showing past events/explanations for things. Nothing ~super~ significant happens in this one, but there is a lot of learning that suggests there are some pretty exciting things coming up next. There also isn’t an enormous amount of character growth in this book, but I feel like the stage is setting for some major improvements among characters and their relationships with one another.
Overall this book is your pretty typical sequel, lots of filler and interaction among the characters. It sets things up nicely for the rest of the series. I left this loving these characters even more than I did at the end of book one. I remembered less of the plot for this book, but it also reminded me of why I loved this series so much, so yeah *shrugs*

This review may suggest I wasn’t super crazy about this book, but I devoured it and I really did love it!! There were a lot of surprises in this book that I didn’t remember. Lots of character interactions that had me grinning from ear to ear, I honestly couldn’t get enough of it. I think it was an improvement from book one, just not as wild of a ride. I think I'll skip going crazy about the characters in this one because I know that the next book reveals a LOT of "secrets" and that there are some significant relationship developments (including one of my fave ships ever ayyyyy)