Firstly, I think I got fooled by this a little bit. I thought this was an adult book, though I couldn't really tell you why. I just wasn't paying attention, which is my fault. Secondly, I had a horrible time with this because the audiobook was a horrific mess. Why has this book been out for two months and yet the publishers haven't seen fit to fix this abomination of an ending? There are at least 3 chapters just missing from the audio. A chapter swapped around in the wrong spot AND one is repeated. A single mistake, sure, I can get that. This many mistakes? That's fucking sloppy.

This felt pretty regurgitated, because I've already read The Hunger Games and adding this magic to it doesn't change that it's legitimately just the same exact thing... but not as well done. The thing that brings it down the most is the characters who are mostly uninteresting. I didn't connect with any of them because they didn't gradually grow and connect to one another, they just kind of swung and stuck and didn't even feel like the genuinely liked each other. Any of them. So why the hell would I?

I have... zero interest in reading any more of this, but I can say it was an easy and quick read, at least.