So this book has languished on my to-read list for years. I finally found it in the library recently and it ended up being SUCH a disappointment. I guess I should've checked the reviews/ratings here so I wouldn't be expecting too much... There are shades of Grave Mercy (or well, His Fair Assassin series) in this book with the religious devotion to a death god/goddess and the rather random spiritual components (why hello there, real ghosts), but overall the worldbuilding was so lackluster and the romance even worse. I'm halfway through the book and she's spent a lot of time pining after Val, who I honestly don't care about - the depiction of one romantic dinner and a "Romeo and Juliet" backstory doesn't do enough to make me feel any shock of betrayal - and while I'll finish this book because I hate to DNF anything, I don't foresee this two star rating changing. These days, there are so many YA books not worth my time that all I can do is sigh; I'm not even fired up about it to deconstruct why this book isn't working well.