7/10

This was a fast, engaging read. The tension started high right from the end of the previous book and then never came back down. I didn't have any problems with Kiva's emotional pity party -- I've been there myself over less, and I feel like it emphasized her focus 'to do' and her sense of responsibility to persevere in spite of it.

I do wish the gaslighting aspects of the way Jaren treated her that triggered Kiva's self- blame and started a negative behavior spiral wasn't healed/ hand-waved away with "Well, did you do these things? No. Why would I hate you then?" Because those are literally the words that came out of your mouth, you heel.

All said, I continue to love Noni's themes of found family, which pop up across her many series and am happy with where this one landed.

This was fun! A quick read with tight pacing. A bit like Knives Out meets that abomination of a book Ernest Cline wrote, with a quality more akin to the former than the latter.

Another dietetics/food science student checking in. I don't think this book is entirely without merit, but I think the author takes a lot of correlational studies to their furthest reaches. I think for a doctor who is preaching holistic health, there is far too much focus on individual nutrients rather than a comprehensive health approach. She would do well to do her own research into why studies emphasizing one or two foods and nutrients usually have having from varying libby groups (pomegranates, blueberries, and eggs are frequently among her recommendations to name a few).

Humans don't eat nutrients. We eat food, and, yes, we would all do well to eat less sugar, less meat, and fewer processed foods. I keep coming back to Michael Pollan's advice:

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

That last 10% came in absolute clutch with plot and twist.