I am so glad the internet helped me find this book. I cannot wait to read the next one. 
Some incorrect words and odd sentence structures here and there, but the story is fabulous. The romantic tension may kill me, and there are so many moments that are so deeply funny, but this remains the best one of all:

Way to call me out but also be extremely hilarious about it at the same time. 

Another truly fun experience like the first book. Sure, it’s sometimes so self-aware it feels like you’re part of the writing process. And the final deductions still seem to take some leaps, in my opinion, but it’s still fun and funny and the concept is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. I was so positive I knew who the killer was. The actual reveal made sense, but the fact that it wasn’t the person I essentially decided it would be on page two or so was slightly sad. Just because Stevenson does a damn good job of making you feel like you’re so close to solving the crimes yourself. 

How can I possibly express how deliriously happy I am to have this book duet in my life? I loved the set up of the first book, was rightfully devastated by the twist and cliffhanger of it, and straight up launched myself into this book when it arrived today. It’s such a perfect conclusion. The angst. The tension. The complete idiocy of two dumbasses who don’t want to accept that they love each other. I did figure out two twists that happened before they did, but other things woven into the story that I didn’t think about until they were twisty and relevant were beautiful. I am so sad there won’t be more, but I am also so satisfied with the beautiful words we got. 

I absolutely love the way VE Schwab writes. Her prose is absolutely beautiful, even when it is as haunting as it is here. It’s an interesting story, almost a cautionary tale, but I can’t quite figure out what the moral would be. Regardless, it’s well written and imaginative enough that it gets high marks from me, even if it feels a bit hollow towards the end. But perhaps that is the point of it—that we’re all hollow in the face and wake of death, but that doesn’t mean we have to let our lives reflect that emptiness yet.  

More fast-paced and emotional than the second installment, and perhaps a bit predictable, but I still remain so invested in this world and in Zarya’s story. I have so many questions and need so many answers. Hopefully the next book will give us them, but for now, all I can do is wait. I’m sure there’s at least another twist or two in the final book, and I am SO READY for it. 
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I’m so glad I found this series. Even if this book doesn’t go as vastly into the mythology as the first, it’s a great continuation of the series and I’m extremely invested in the characters and what happens next. The main issue I had was with some of the threads within the book not meshing together. It may just be how Nisha Tuli writes, but there are a handful of moments that contradict previous statements the characters have made. I noticed this in the Artifacts of Ouranos series, too, so it’s not surprising but a bit sad to see it again. 
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Holy crap, is this the book I needed to read right now! It sets up such an interesting world, and I am so thrilled to be learning more about Indian mythology and folklore. The characters are flawed but lovable, and I know that there’s going to be so much more coming. I can’t wait to get started on the second book. 
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This was so lovely. It’s denser than Chambers’ Monk and Robot books, and quite scientific, but it’s such a rich, if brief, examination of space travel, science, and the “why” questions we have about the universe. It touches on deeply human emotion and concerns and finds reverent joy in the unknown as much as it explores the feeling of isolation and encroaching emptiness the unknown also brings with it. A really wonderful piece of work that will keep you thinking for a long time, but also leave you a bit smarter than when you started. At least, I did. Truly a love letter to the universe and to exploration. 

What a joy ride of a book. I needed something easy and delightful and funny. This was absolutely it, and I need to read more of John Scalzi’s books NOW. I love the concept, the biting (and accurate) political commentary, the characters… it’s all so well done. I may not lift things, but I loved this book and now offer it up to anyone else who may want to read it. Idk, man, the book is just damn good. 

I… really don’t know how to feel about this book. (Yes, I do. I did NOT like it, even if it was diverting.) This feels very much like a draft of a completed novel. There are autocorrect errors, the word “ginormous” is used too often for me to think that any editor ever read it, and the sentences and actions are often scattered and don’t relate to the expected thought processes. It’s very much like someone was writing half of it as quickly as their brain flitted from thought to thought. That doesn’t really work in a book like this. 

I really wanted to like this one. It was entertaining (?) and diverting, but the romance is inherently toxic, and also entirely nonsensical. The characters keep doing things that don’t get explained, so it became harder and harder to follow or really care what was happening. In the end, I just don’t really care about what happens to the characters, either. And that’s a pretty big kiss of death for me with any book. 

Frankly? I’m a bit surprised I actually read it all the way through. 

One star for it giving me a distraction from the insanity of the world right now, and the shock of having actually finished a book I really wanted to DNF. 
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