Extremely trope-y, extremely YA, follows the 2016 era dystopian fiction (i.e. the Divergent Series) emotional plot points a little too closely. But oh my god there's something in this book. I could not put it down. It consumed an entire weekend that I was supposed to be unpacking my new apartment, and this just took over my life. and THEN it got tragic at the end (like I knew it would, re: the dystopian YA emotional plot points) and I put it down for a while because I didn't want it to end. It's so fast paced, and the lore is cooler than I thought it would be. The inclusion of dragons slap every single time. The romance is absolutely everything, built up super well.  The characterization of the main character was  little wishy-washy for a while. First she was a fragile, weak girl who was made for the stacks of the archives, and then she's suddenly extremely fast and good with knives? But it balanced out somewhere near the end, so it's whatever, honestly.  Is it a good book from a literary perspective? probably not. Did I enjoy the hell out of it? absolutely. If you know you're a fan of YA romantasy (like ACOTAR), this will be a slam dunk for you. The booktok girlies know whats up. Plot twist at the end has me so excited for the next book!