Not gonna lie, I had a hard time warming up to this. I *love* the concept, really liked the characters, the plot is well constructed but... I feel the execution could've been better.

I really like the idea of two switching timelines, the present and the backstory, but they have to parallel each other really well and hold enough information on the future part for it to go smoothly, and this isn't really what happens here.

There isn't much mistery regarding what actually happened 10 years ago, so the back and forth made me struggle to connect with both narratives. I always found myself dreading the moment of the switch because I had just gotten myself invested on the other one.

But. The story itself is very tight. I would've appreciated more insight on the characters psych, specially with how personal all of their arcs are, but I was still quite interested in them.

Victor has an unavoidable main character charm, even when doing evil he's captivating. Mitch is also just my brand of blorbo. Eli I had a hard time liking at all, even though his reasoning as an antagonist was quite fresh.

The second half of the book really got me going and it was when I was finally emotionally connected to what was going on: their scheming was fun, their dread heavy and the plans actually got me by surprise a couple of times.

It was a really fun read, and I really appreciate how original it is.