An unpopular opinion, maybe?

Because the two most-cited reasons for a low review of this book? Literally my two favourite parts 😆
👍 how DUMB this heroine was (she was even dumber in this one, for story reasons, so I loved it even more)
👍 how More Is More chaos the plot was (it makes me feel like I’m watching The Princess Bride mixed with one of the more unhinged seasons of Vampire Diaries—which is so entertaining to me)

But it did something that is Right To Jail, Right Away (imo).

That is, it took a story that’s been single POV for two books so far (from a FMC so dumb she’s basically an unreliable narrator—loved that) and ADDED POVS! 😤

Believe it or not, jail.

It breaks the rules. It reminds me I’m reading a story and the author can do whatever they want. And it removed my favourite part of this reading experience: trying to figure out what the heck is going on with such a limited (and dumb—have I mentioned she’s an idiot?) perspective. I was ready to flex all my ‘reading between the lines’ muscles as all this chaos came to a third-book close. But instead we’d just… switch to a POV that knew the answer and they’d just explain it. 

Booooo.

Also, don’t think I didn’t notice that some major characters weren’t mentioned in this book and had zero closure for their story arcs? They better get their own books because, nah uh.