This was an enjoyable story, but the pacing was a bit much to get a hold of. At times it felt incredibly slow, and like I would need a break every ten pages or so (which is a lot of breaks in a book as big as this). A lot of the characters felt whiny and irritating (I think this was partly intentional, but when this was consistently the case with 6 characters it got old fairly quick).

Despite that, as always, the last 100 pages really jumped the rating up a star. The tension really started to build and it felt like there was a serious consequence coming up, as the characters acted as chaotically as they always seemed to, so you could never be sure of what was actually going to happen.

I loved the morphing of science and magic into one reality, and especially how the physicist magic really gets into the fabric of the universe. Although, it felt like from the very early pages we were teased about Libby's powers being difficult to control and leading to huge fire hazards, and then this never actually came to fruition in the book. Maybe this will come about in a later book, but it just felt like a lack of pay-off.

This was an easy read, and it did draw you in and make it hard to put down at points.
However, I am not a lover of love-triangle tropes, and I felt my insides dying a slow death as I realised how the story was turning out. I thought it was slightly toxic, very "I'm not like other girls" at times (especially early on), and had strong pick-me vibes.

If the love triangle actually manifested properly I would have given this two stars, but because it was never fully realised I can stretch to three. For me, not my favourite Giovanna Fletcher book.

Listen, I'm a sucker for a cheesy romance book, and this one was filled to the brim with the perfect concoction of tropes.
Enemies to lovers? Check.
Insane pining? Check.
"It's been you all along"???? Just check all the boxes.

I had butterflies throughout this whole book. Aaron Blackford has some heart-meltingly romantic lines that just make you feel like you're being wrapped up in a cosy bubble of romanticising where the real world doesn't exist and everything is fairy-tale perfect. It was heart-stuttering, closing-the-book-to-deal-with-the-emotions the entire second half, and spicy as hell.

Always love a Rick Riordan book. Reading this series has been a long time in the making but I'm so glad I've finally seen it out. I know that if I read them back to back (instead of years apart) I would be a sobbing mess right now, and I can't lie and say I'm completely dry-eyed.

As always, Riordan's cast of characters feel like a warm hug. Being the finale in a five-part series, the drama kicks off from the first page and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end - is that another series with my favourite gay demigods being hinted?

It's taken me a long time to write this review.

This was my first TJR and I've fallen in love with the way she tells a story. Evelyn Hugo is a wonderfully morally dubious character, who makes you fall in love with her and her self-perception. She's a woman who knows people just want to use her, and so, no matter the consequences for them, decides to use them too. I found myself admiring her no-nonsense attitude whilst really wanting to dislike her, sitting in some kind of middle-ambivalence instead.

The main thing I was unsure of in this novel was the Monique narrative. I honestly don't think it was necessary, nor added that much to Evelyn's story or her character. Also, I think the plot reveal at the end overshadowed what should have come out of her parts of the story, if they were to exist - her growing confidence to fight for her own place in the world and demand what she's owed. Otherwise, in my opinion, the reveal just cheapened her story. As it was, her chapters were so small (I forgot they existed every time a new one came along) that it didn't dampen the story too much.