4.5!! 
 Whaaaaaaat?! That ending! 0.0 it doesn't end in a cliff hanger (thankfully Victoria doesn't do that!) but it ends with a "oh you know there's more to this"! Ahh. What a great read. 
 I'm so seriously jealous of how many worlds Ms. Schwab can create! And how detailed and unique they are. This world is so complex. And maybe it's because I have literally been reading her novels back-to-back but this one reminds me of: ADSOM & Vicious! 
 But not in a bad way! 
 I just feel like the whole idea of monsters & humans is theme in Vicious and the characters, Kate, Leo, Harker, August are all complex characters like those we've met in ADSOM. 
 I also think that you'll really enjoy this one if you've read Daughter of Smoke & Bone and The Winner's Kiss! 
 I'm not gonna lie, I was completely confused at first lol there are monster in this city, Verity aka V-City. There are different types of monsters--Corsai, Malchai, & Sonai. (In order from least dangerous to deadly, for your convenience ;)) and these monsters are actually created from *humans*. I know, I was like "what?" But look this is how it goes: human commits sin/horrible thing and the er, energy? Shadow? Vibe? (Basically what's left from the act of sin!) Becomes a monster. The worst the act of violence the worst the monster! I forgot what kind of sins are need to make a Corsai or a Malchai, hehe. BUT in order for a Sonai to be "born" the act is usually a mass murder- a shooting, a bombing, etc. (side note: this made me think of how violent society has become in the last few years. Especially in the US with the school shootings and bombings :() But back to TSS so those are the monsters and they all feed differently. 
 Okay, so if it wasn't for Kate's constant need of her dad's approval we wouldn't have had a plot hahaha. Her dad is Callum Harker, and he's a total bad-ass, King of kings, mobster. I basically pictured him as the Godfather hahah 
 Anyways he has this daughter, and they have a harsh relationship. He doesn't really have time for her, he's too busy ruling monsters and selling protection from monsters. He rules the north side of V-City. (August's father, Flynn, rules the South, Romeo & Juliet anyone?) Kate has been shipped off to private schools outside of V-City but she's found her way back & she's ready to prove to her father just how ruthless and like him she can be. And boy is she ruthless! She seriously scared me sometimes! (She reminded me a lot of Lila) 
 There's romance but not really, there's loads of violence! There's a cat! And some heart wrenching moments. There's plot-twist and tears. There's questioning of life and what it means to be human. And there's a boy with dark curls and gray eyes that makes me sigh. 
 There's a satisfying ending and then there's a hint that things are not over. But we already knew that because this is a two-book series hahah but still that scene had me like :O 
 Can't wait for you all to read it!