I received an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest and voluntary review

For a big chunk of this book I was thinking 3.5 star it’s good, has kept me interested so far.

Then the last roughly 20 percent hit me and I just knew this is a 4 star read for me.

I’m not a big fan of cowardly characters but I give them a chance just in case they get better. And I can say it takes awhile but Ness grows through the book and I love it!

This might be a slight spoiler for this one paragraph.
When she meets Cy I instantly am ecstatic. Like yes please be a romance pleaseeee. I’ll still hold out for it! Because they obviously eventually like each other.

Back to non spoiler bits.
This book is well paced and is very unique for me. The idea of a Gotham inspired city mixed with supernatural elements. I assume it’s supernatural at least. People turning into their biggest nightmares after dreaming, so they put a chemical in the water and give out pills like candy to stop dreaming.

Again the last 20 percent though. All of those twists and turns! I didn’t see it coming who betrayed her, who hired the assassins. Who the big baddie at the end was. And I’m excited for the next book to get more info on what is going on.