Minor spoilers ahead but all of this happens in like first 40% of the book.

One of the main plot lines of this book is an accidental pregnancy which I don’t really like in books. That being said I do think it makes the story very different than the first of the series.

I really wanted to like Delora, but I just didn’t. I really like the rep she brought into this book as a fat FMC and also depression (she is NOT depressed because she is fat), but I just never really liked her. I wanted Delora to be more strong in her convictions. I found it frustrating that she carried all of this guilt and self-loathing for the murder but at the same time taunted the humans about it and didn’t regret  doing it.

My jaw dropped when Reia apologized for being a bitch to her and Delora said something along the lines of “yeah you were lol.” HUH? Reia was never a “bitch” to Delora.  She started out friendly and then rightfully was distrustful of her because she was looking out for Magnar who is her friend. And that even in the Veil Delora recoiled from Reia after learning she was deemed a bad omen by the human. 

As a couple, I think Delora and Magnar are just okay. I can see why they like each other but I think their connection is mostly sexual, and even at the end I don’t think they had a super strong non-sexual connection. Not that they didn’t like one another but, I don’t know, I think it felt like they both just liked each other out of convenience.

The highlight of this book were the scenes with Orpheus and Reia.