I tried to very hard to finish this. I mean I bought it because the other three novels by this author are so brilliant! Plus I love a retelling and this is Romeo and Juliet- not my favorite but I have a few I really enjoy. 
 The writing was pretty and I give props to the author for trying something different. However this was confusing, boring, the characters were not ones I could find myself caring about at all. The world was convoluted and complicated. If it had just been about Runajo and going into the library trying to fix the magic then I might have been tempted to finish it. But after having this book for over a month and only being able to read a few pages at a time- I have to put this down and go on to something I might enjoy more. 
 DNF at chapter 13 143 pages in.