this book, man. this series. even the author's afterwords are so good, it's insane. the quote i picked for this review i literally highlighted and wrote down the note: "I'm seriously not equipped to handle this." 

mal and seongjae felt very real this time, like, i could picture both of them so perfectly in my mind?? this thing happens to me that i often picture book characters cartoonishly, like the fanart we're used to seeing, right? but mal and seongjae i literally have this mental picture of real men and that's wild??? i guess it just goes to show how well cole mccade writes them. this series is such a banger, way up there with hazardverse, but hurting a bit less, lol.