The world-building was very interesting and had me sucked into the story from the beginning. There are many things that were a bit confusing, but I think that will be explained more in the next book. I loved that this book was so mysterious, gothic, and dark. There are a lot of moments that I thought would be the perfect October read! I got a lot of Romeo and Juliet vibes too, very cool.

I did like many of the characters because they are complex and had a lot going on. I wasn’t sure who you could trust or couldn’t trust. I did have my guesses though. Unfortunately, I did have trouble connecting with our main character, Lilly. She was really impulsive and didn’t think things through. She’s thrust into this new world and thinks she can do it alone. I tend to overthink things though and that could be why I didn’t connect with that.

It was cool to see that Lilly was into multiple characters and genders but it was chaotic. They were these little blips in time and it felt too much like instant love. Is this girl starved for attention that she falls for anyone that looks at her twice, Yes. It’s true and she’s been looking for it all her life since she didn’t have it growing up. Still, it was really hard to connect to any of these relationships because all felt surface level, and there were so many of them. One of my biggest issues with this book is the relationships.

The pacing of the book was a little off and made it harder to keep me completely invested in the story. It started strong and then it kind of tapered, which is okay.

Overall, this story was interesting and unique. There are many things left open that set up the potential for a great sequel. There are a lot of things that missed for me- the relationships and many of the characters in this book. I wanted a lot more and I hope there are more laser focus to develop some of these relationships in the second book. I hope the chaos is tamed a bit for the following book as well. It was fun and I am interested enough to pick up book two!