The writing was a bit off at some parts. There wasn't consistency to some of it. A thing would happen and then another thing would happen abruptly. It was like there wasn't any transition. It kind of disrupted the flow. 
 It dragged as well most of the time. Like, there was a lot of unnecessary information I could have done without. 
 The world of Blue and Gansey was still a nice place to be in, though. Also, Adam's character development has come along nicely. Just as nice as Ronan's character development in The Dream Thieves.