So, I am a bit of on the fence on this one. The second part definitely raised the rating, but I still felt a bit underwhelmed. This is all my fault, though—I'd read plenty of reviews praising the author's exquisite writing style and the amazing forbidden love story, and, while the book did deliver both, it wasn't up to the levels I'd been expecting. Definitely will read the rest of the series and am completely, totally, utterly jealous of the author's imagination, but I still was expecting something MORE.
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Reread on 2016. I'm afraid my opinion hasn't changed much, except that I don't think I will finish the series. There are other books that are more my style that I'm going to prioritise.