I mean, of course I gave this 5 stars. I adore McLemore's books -- their prose is so beautiful, their stories transcendent. Dark and Deepest Red feels like the darkest book so far but I loved it just as much. If this book had only been the modern-day plotline, I think I might have given it four stars, but the 1518 plotline was so good, I was never not going to give this 5 stars.