Oops. I think I'm doing something wrong here because... I didn't really like this? I mean 2-stars is still my "it was okay" rating, but yikes. I think this might be a "it's not you, it's me" sort of thing because lots of people really love this but I was just so lukewarm about it the whole time. 
 Not to mention it took me forever to read, which I think is part of the problem. I just kept putting it down. But then again, there was no desire or drive to pick it back up again. I know I definitely struggled with the pacing. And the characters fell really flat for me for some reason. I just didn't like or care about anybody in this book. And I really don't know why. 
 I went in with fairly low expectations too. Book 1 was enjoyable, but middle-of-the-road for me. But I'd heard this one was an improvement, so I picked it up. But truthfully, I considered DNFing this at one point in November. I just hadn't made any progress on it for so long I thought "what's the point?" But then I figured I could skim read the rest of it and see what happened. So I did. But man, just... not good for me for whatever reason. 
 I don't know. I'd like to see how this all wraps up, but I don't know that I'm willing to invest in another 500+ page book to do it. We'll see.