This series tanked and it tanked hard.

I suppose I have to start this review by saying that I haven't really cared for any of the books in this series so far. I keep reading them before I put them in my classroom library, because Ignite Me got pretty spicy for my junior high students. Still, they weren't terrible. They just weren't my cup of tea.

I wish I could say that this book was decent too and that it just wasn't for me, but that's not the case. It's not me, Tahereh Mafi; it's you.

The next-to-last book in a series is NOT the time to change up character names, bring back characters who have been gone for ages, ignore beloved characters who have been present until now, and change your main characters' personalities. I feel like Mafi is just pulling stuff out of a mixed bag of Cosmo magazines, plot holes, cliches, and teenage wet dreams. Nothing is described well, the pacing is off, and the entire book is a confusing mess. I feel like Mafi didn't map anything out beforehand and so the plot is a total, steaming pile of junk. The world building makes this whole series so unbelievable. I "literally cannot even" with this series anymore.

0.5 stars - just because Kenji isn't entirely terrible.