a bit of a letdown in terms of a sequel. instead of building on the aftermath of the first book or setting up another 'big bad', the plot is mostly filler and repetitive, used to develop paedyn and kai's relationship. which i didn't mind! the enemies to lovers of it all was really fleshed out, because these two really had solid reasons to hate each other, so it was delicious to watch their push and pull of chemistry. i always prefer kai's perspective because i feel like the author takes more time to build his character more than paedyn. kitt's pov felt very repetitive and meandering, but i held hope that they were building up for him to do something big at the end. it was, however, very anticlimactic, and the epilogue felt so unnecessary, considering the resistance barely have a presence, in this book and the previous i think. i will still tune into the last book but with very, very low expectations.