3.5 
 I finally finished a book after so long and it feels really good to be low key back on track. I'm just gonna go straight to the review already since I haven't done this in awhile; so, okay. 
 Caraval was mostly enjoyable, although there were some parts that dragged my interest but usually it was only temporary. What I liked most about this book would probably the concept of Caraval itself as a game. Didn't really feel that much connection with Scarlett although I did love Julian's story. I felt like Scarlett was all throughout confused and weak for me, she wasn't the character that left an impact on the story. All she wanted was to find her sister, Donatella, which somehow annoyed me because that's all she talked about most of the time. I enjoyed Julian's story ARC, at the start, I knew there was something off about him, which made me really interested in him because I was curious as to what he was about to do by the end. 
 I know that Donatella is part of the main cast but I honestly wish I got to see more of her; she only appeared in the beginning and didn't really create that much of an impact until the end when I found out she planned this whole thing at the start. Which of course, set out a pattern of plot twists. Legend however, is 50-50 for me. I liked how he was the mysterious "evil" character but then I felt like his character wasn't really expounded on? However I did enjoy the fact that Legend wasn't really Legend, it was this other guy named Caspar.... it confused me but in a good way. 
 Story wise, it was really interesting. I just wish I got to see more of the other characters especially Julian, who turns out to be the freaking brother of Legend. I'm going to give Julian and Scarlett's love story an 8 out of 10; not a big fan of how they fell for each other because there was nothing special about it although I did enjoy the part where he died but not really lol. 
 All in all, I'm definitely going to be watching out for the next book because apparently it's not over for Donatella. Hopefully I get to see more of Legend's history because it was what made this book special in my opinion.