What can I say that’ll do this book justice? It was beautiful. I haven’t read many books written in third person present, but it fit this story so well. There’s just something about the writing, the pacing, the word choice that completely transports you into Addie’s life. And I don’t think I would have felt the same way if this was written in any other way.

This book is definitely slow-paced, and builds up over time. But I think it’s the best way to tell this story too. I just wish I had had more time to read so I could have read this over the span of a few days instead of a couple weeks. I still enjoyed it a lot, but definitely the whole mood of the book was a bit too spread out because of it.

I actually really love what VE Schwab did with Luc’s character. He sort of gave me Darkling vibes lol and while I really hated the relationship we get with Alina and the Darkling, Luc and Addie’s relationship was more dynamic and interesting. I also felt like Addie was a more complex character overall, and it made me feel for her a lot more.

Henry though. Wow. I think we’re all a little bit of Henry. The pain and hopelessness he feels was just so real. I think he became my favourite character because of how much he struggled getting by every single day. He’s so kind and thoughtful and everything Addie needed. And Addie was everything he needed too. Their relationship was perfect and despite how quickly it develops it fit and flowed so well I don’t have any complaints.

Nearing the end of the book, I was a bit worried I wouldn’t like the way things were headed. I was expecting things to end a different way, but then when I realized they wouldn’t, I was very sad because Henry (*cries*) but those last few paragraphs were very good. Overall, a nice conclusion to an incredible book.