Ah, this book. ADD IT TO YOUR TBR LIST! Trust me. *edit: ALL US PREORDERS WILL BE SIGNED!* 
 This one was one of my most anticipated reads and now that I've read it, I'm just. I want to reread it again. What do I have to look forward to?! I won't say much but God, how did Jay write this! 
 This world is so richly filled with detail, and his style for introducing them was great. He used asterisks throughout the book and you can read more about the world: phrases, money, tales, history, in the footnotes. I LOVED this but it did make pull me from the story a bit. It's less frequent towards the end and overall it helped me be more immersed in the world. 
 And it's a dark dark world. It's a cruel world that Jay has created and that Mia must battle. In order to survive, Mia needs to become an assassin in order to avenge her family. In the process she finds herself a not-cat friend, who was MY FAVORITE EVER! (Reminds me of Sailor Moon & Luna!) their loyalty and connection to each other makes me want one for myself. The other characters were pretty great too but my heart is filled with Mia; she was such a strong female lead. 
 This isn't YA and if you didn't already know the first few pages will let you know. (That paralleled scene!!) There's cursing, sex, blood and gore! So much blood and gore! So mature readers, this one is highly recommended. 
 I loved the book for its voice. The narrator of the story captivates you and sometimes the fourth wall is broken--favorite scenes were always when the narrator had a snide remark lol the writing was vivid and mesmerizing. Some scenes a bit too vivid 0.0 (the narrator made it all perfect though,I can't wait to see if they'll have a audiobook bc it would be really cool with the style!) 
 The ending was so on point, I don't even mind the wait for book two bc i can tell its gonna be a great fucking book.