I read the first book in this series and while I was largely confused throughout the whole thing, I really liked the characters and heist dynamic so i stuck with it. By the time it was finished, I was still none the wiser but thought I would give this book a chance, hoping it would provide some more enlightenment but...it never came.
I honestly cant tell you what the point of this was and its so confusing because there's almost over explanation that allowed the point to get lost. It was an endless regurgitation of facts that's only purpose is seemingly to display how clever the author is. This would have been clear regardless but it just allowed the scenes to drag endlessly by going on tangents about explaining the origin of words. The story just felt lost in the facts and smarts that i couldnt get a handle on anything.

As I said, I really like Severin and Laila as they reminded me so much of Kaz and Inej but after two books of some incredible yearning that resulted in a FTB, I was really disappointed lol I liked the autism rep through Zofia, seeing how she views the world was very interesting as was the eccentric queer member of the team, Hypnos. Enrique however was a bit dull, his feelings of inadequacy a bit repetitive.

What started as a story about secret societies and hidden heirs, just turned into something really random that I couldnt keep up with and just found really disappointing.
I wanted to love these but I wont finish these, its just too draining.