4.25 out of 5 stars! 
 Man did I enjoy this! It is engrossing and just straight up expected from Victoria Scwab! I love the characters, August and Kate! And Leo and Illsa and Henry and ugh, all! However, they are not as fleshed out as I hoped. 
 I am glad I could connect to August and Kate! August is this sweetiepie who just wanna be alive and not a monster. I have tot admit his character development is little messy? And I do like Kate, though she is no Lila Bard, she is still pretty cool. I like how the monsters have their own community, and I like how Henry(human) treats all the Sunai like family. 
 Now, this series is a little weaker than Shades of magic series. I feel it is not as action-packed(I mean it is, but it is a bit underwhelming) and memorable. 
 If you asked me what had happened, I can't tell you the full story because it doesn't have that 'wow' factor, that will make me remember, like a hit song that you will remember the lyrics without even memorising. Ya feel me? 
 PROS: 
 - The characters. Man, can Victoria write them. AUGUST AND KATE. <3 
 - Plot is interesting. I love the three types of monsters and the peace treaty all. The conspiracy. 
 - The friendship between August and Kate. AHH I LOVE THEM. I am absolutely relieved that it is not another star-crossed lovers bullshit. 
 - Gory. I like them blood. 
 CONS: 
 - I think the friendship did build a bit too fast. A bit. 
 - It was a little predictable, I kinda knew what was going to happen. 
 - It was a little underwhelming, like there is no 'WOW' factor that Victoria always have in her books. I feel it did not live up to her full potential. 
 - World-building is not much, but I think she will explain in the next book. 
 Would I recommend this series? HELL YEAH!(hey, that series is one of my all-time favourites, so) it is still a great read and I can't wait for the next book! 
 "Monsters, monsters, big and small, 
 They're gonna come and eat you all. 
 Corsai, Corsai, tooth and claw, 
 Shadow and bone will eat you raw. 
 Malchai, Malchai, sharp and sly, 
 Smile and bite and drink you dry. 
 Sunai, Sunai, eyes like coal, 
 Sing you a song and steal your soul. 
 Monsters, monsters, big and small, 
 They're gonna come and eat you all!" 
 SPOILERS BELOW. 
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 AHHH WHAT A GOOD RIDE! Not as thrilling as I have hoped, but still good! I CALLED IT! I CALLED THAT LEO IS A BACKSTABBER! 
 And wow, I did not call that her father is working with the Malchai to break the peace, but it made sense! 
 AND OH GOD, I pity Kate. She had to work hard to impress her dad. Gosh. 
 AND IN THE END HE BETRAYED HER AND SHE FINALLY REALISED THAT SHE DON'T WANT TO BE HIM. AND WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO SHOOT HIM TO DEATH, AUGUST STEPPED IN TO SAVE KATE FROM SINNING AND KILL HER DAD. OH GOD. 
 August you poor, sweetiepie. He won me over the moment he saved the cat and brought it back home. And he broke but for a good cause! to kill Leo! I called that too. I am just impressed with his amount of self-control. 
 And WTF is that ending? So Kate's mother is alive?! But she is a Malchai? Damn. 
 I wished we had known more about how all this manifest. I mean, all I know is the Phenomenon and then they just pop up, the monsters, hahha. 
 OH, AND ILLSA CAN'T SING NOW! OMG. 
 What I thought is a bit weird is that August would go through so much to save Kate. I thought it was a bit unrealistic the way their friendship built so fast that they can rely on each other all. I mean, there is some reserve but still. Idk, that's just how I felt. 
 Also, I kinda expected more from the villains, Harker and Leo. Okay, Leo's alright, with forcing August to break. But Harker. I just expected hime to start a war already or something. So now both of them are dead and I think Kate's mum will be the next villain. I guess? 
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