I had such high hopes for this book and I think I have come to terms that maybe Bardugo's writing is just not for me.
I found the fact that our main character went from being a drug dealer to a Yale student a little far-fetched.
I found the lore of the secret societies and the works for Lethe interesting,but I felt like there were whole chapters that didn't make sense to the plot of the story other than to give more background. I went into this book with expectations of dark academia like If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio with magic and I was just let down personally. I did like it enough that I do plan to read the sequel to see how things wrap up,but this may be the last series I read from this author.