this duology rocks honestly. Lure of Their Graves does drag at points (particularly around 50-70%), but before and after that was awesome. i am disappointed that the suitors got tossed to the wayside towards the end in favor of finishing up the Alexey plotline (i need more Yullyan moments!!! they’re my favorite character in the series). however,

Alexey’s death scene/final interaction with Dimitri

was done perfectly and i genuinely can’t imagine how it could have been done better. fuck Alexey, he’s very fascinating but i hate him.