My least favorite Brandy Sandy to date, but still a solid 4 stars. I had no idea how the pieces would all come together until there were maybe 40 pages left and then I was of course blown away by how he did it. 
Throughout the book I did feel like this was the ‘magic system’ that was just too much. It took away from the story, and the characters, while well developed, didn’t get enough attention because there were so many POVs we were constantly bouncing between. 
Definitely need a little fantasy break after this one.