2.5 stars. 
 The story just felt a bit too contrived for me. I didn't quite connect with the characters and so couldn't really feel what they were feeling. Events happen just to force our 2 MC's together but aren't really expanded on further, it felt like there wasn't actually a plot beyond them when there really could have been. 
 The magic system had me intrigued, I could tell right away that something was off and I was dying to know more about this and see more of this but didn't really get my wish. 
 I won't lie, I ended up skimming the last few chapters just to see where it was going and I'm not quite convinced I will be picking up the next one.