» overview «
stars: ★★☆☆☆
plot: ★★☆☆☆
readability: ★☆☆☆☆
characters: ★★☆☆☆
writing: ★★☆☆☆
recommend: ✗

» liked «
- kenji
- the ending

» disliked «
- the characters, i used to love them, but this book only highlights how flawed (in a bad way) and childish most of them are
- i honestly did not care about juliette or her true backstory until the last 5 pages
- i also did not care about the rest of the world and the reestablishment, until the last 5 pages

» overall «
it took me over a year and 4 attempts of starting to finally get back to reading this book/series, simply because i was in a reading slump last year, and because i already liked the way that the first half of the series ended. That, in addition to the

butchering of Warner's hair

in the first chapter, (jk, kinda) it made me not like the introduction to this book. i just didn't want to ruin the ending that I had already enjoyed.

but after all of the hints i got from booktok, i just decided to bite the bullet and continue the series, this time with an audiobook and knowing that this book would literally have to kill me to get a 4 or 5 star rating.

i was going to give this book a 1 star rating, but then that ending. those last 5 pages.

so now i have foolishly given myself hope that the next few books will be good... and i will be continuing the series (after a break of course). :P