This book was 800+ pages of slow, boring and inconsequential stuff. I'm so disappointed.

Let's start with the crossover: it wasn't worth it. I was expecting some epic battle or discovery but it was basically "traveling" with Nesta and Azriel. I wanted more impact and to see more of the other characters.

The plot - if we can even call it that - was severely lacking. The Asteri never seemed like a real threat. They're mostly off page, doing nothing to chase and stop Bryce and her team. What kind of enemy is this? Also, most of the "action" served nothing. For instance,

Ruhn losing his hand horribly was for nothing since they couldn't even escape by themselves. Then, Sigrid got killed off and resurrected. For what? You can guess. Nothing.

Ithan and Tharion made shitty decisions after shitty decisions. Almost everything they did had no impact. It felt like SJM didn't know what to do with them.

Bryce and Hunt annoyed me to no end. Bryce was a cardboard copy of Aelin in this book without her qualities: she kept her plans from the team and was smarter than anyone else. Worst of all was how Bryce brushed off Hunt's trauma. For the record, that man was betrayed twice and got tortured and enslaved. Bryce didn't care. She never asked how Hunt and Ruhn were doing after what they went through. She didn't even ask what happened to them ffs. It pissed me off so much. As for Hunt, he lacked a backbone. He moved on easily for Bryce instead of standing his ground and telling Bryce to fuck off.

Some characters from the first book, like Bryce's best friends, were completely forgotten. You don't really see the angels or the werewolves while they were important pieces to the Asteri in the first book. Someone explain why the enemy was suddenly avoiding clashes lol.

The only things I liked in this conclusion was

seeing Danika and the Pack of Devils at the end, and the ToG easter eggs.