Honestly more like a 3.5,,,it was good…but it didn’t quite hit. I feel like a lot of this book was filler, a lot of the last book was filler and if they just combined them and made the series a duology it could be incredible! Book 1 was such a high, if you wanna try this series honestly read book 1 and leave it at that, it does work well as a standalone! 

This book was frankly just far too long 600 pages could have easily been cut in half and nothing would have been lost I can’t lie. A shame because I liked the characters and the world building a lot, just the plot fell flat. Least the ending was okay and I can say I read it! Need someone to love me like Reid loves Lou tbh