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House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega
4.25

MANY THOUGHTS. But to start:
1) I am continually amazed by how this series can examine and put its young characters through the different, complex emotions I would expect them to, but still stick to a simplified/distinctly juvenile style.
2) SYBELL I AM YOUR BIGGEST FANđŸ˜­đŸ«¶they were AWESOME in the last act but ugh. What happened to them made me SEETHE! but fiinneee we need another major conflict for the fourth book
3) I was iffy on the sheer amount of buildup, but it paid off with *that* moment (I mean, Valley’s on the cover. That’s already a spoiler). However, the sheer amount of plot points that couldn’t be wrapped up or addressed until then made the pacing a mess. Doesn’t help that each chapter seems to end on an action or a cliffhanger. 
4) So many plot points happened in this book. A good number of them are wrapped up by the end but, dear god. 

I will put up the rest of my thoughts later. I will say that although this is a very flawed continuation, I adored the continuations of all the main characters (Seven was always a favorite and that still remains the case), and this brought back some of the magic I was missing in “Golden Frog Games”.