I really struggled to get through parts of this book due to the intense bullying that took place. I found myself so angry while reading I had to break it up a bit. I will say though that I was warned about that as a trigger warning, so that part is on me but I was determined to try the series with all this hype surrounding it. 

The writing itself made me cringe at times, and I found most of the characters outside of the twins to be insufferable. I ended up tandem reading this with the Awakening as Told By the Boys to try and add to nuance to the situation despite the warnings of spoilers for future books. This did work for me. While I still hated the bullying, it made it a little less painful to see what was going on behind the scenes and it was worth it for me to spoil anything because I don't think I could have continued otherwise. 

I did enjoy the twins and their strength and refusal to bow down to anyone, and I did like that trait. I felt pretty neutral about the friends they made because we didn't really see much depth given to them. 

I will say that the plot of this was addicting, and the world was easy to understand. We weren't overloaded with a bunch of information, and I am intrigued enough to continue the series. I'm looking forward to seeing some character growth and hopefully coming around a bit on the series.