So I guess since this is technically old YA it's not really helpful to bash it for reading like one but... Daaamn this just dragged on and on and all men are horrible, most women are cutouts for something, Wren is just there for the drama, the romance is subpar at best, the MC is such a YA heroine
from like 2012 and the plot is, to be frank, extremely uninteresting. There is also basically no…mehrSo I guess since this is technically old YA it's not really helpful to bash it for reading like one but... Daaamn this just dragged on and on and all men are horrible, most women are cutouts for something, Wren is just there for the drama, the romance is subpar at best, the MC is such a YA heroine from like 2012 and the plot is, to be frank, extremely uninteresting. There is also basically no reason given for any of it and for some reason every character is okay with doing absolutely nothing to further the story or help themselves or just DOING NOTHING. I didn't even read The Ash-Born Boy (Cole's origin story at the back of the book) because I honestly don't care. At all.
I mean.. it's good to see V.E. Schwab has evolved a lot with her plots and characters so maybe just skip this one.