It started off really strong, the characters were interesting, the magic was intriguing, the world was different enough to grip me but familiar enough for me to not be lost. This book is mostly character driven, the plot leaks in from time to time. However, when a certain character was killed off

Remy

, the book kinda derailed from there and seemed like it was improvised as it went on, instead of planned out properly. An unsatisfactory ending, that makes reading the book almost pointless. The book became very dumb and smooth-brained at the end, almost like the author just gave up.