** spoiler alert ** 
 Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck EVERYTHING. 
 Fuck Korbyn for redeeming himself in a beautifully tragic way and making me FEEL THINGS. 
 This book was... eh...? 
 The protagonist was meh, the extremely complicated love quadrilateral-angle was painful, the pacing was garbage. It has some creative ideas and images, and interesting world, but it was like we were taken through a magical world from the point of view of a slightly magical turtle. We weren't given enough scale. 
 I enjoyed parts, I enjoyed the world, and I deeply adored Korbyn. Mostly. He was a massive, indecisive dick to the point where I was beginning to hurt from it, but goddamn that guy had some serious charm. He was cute. However, we've seen this character before. The twist? They don't end up together. Not a fun twist. I'd rather have the cliche ending. It's made only slightly better by his sacrifice. Before that, I felt nothing this entire book. No emotions. No fucks given. 
 We get shoved a barely-flushed out love interest to sweep in during the third act. However, when faced the political advancement over love, the girl goes politics. Gotta give her some credit for that. 
 I guess I'm a hypocrite for complaining because I finished this book in a day....but...meh. Very meh.