Given the first book in the series, I really wanted to like this one more. And there were so many excellent details, so many little things to like about it.
But the plot felt like this baggy monster that entirely got away from Hartman, who was determined to write a duology and so she had to cover EVERYTHING by the end of the book. It felt messy and Hartman's focus on finishing the story meant that there were a lot of moments between characters or with new people that just felt like they could have been given more time or a chance to develop better on the screen. Either fewer things needed to happen or Hartman needed to write it over more books or...something. The book was fine, but Serafina was so good that fine feels like such a letdown.