Literally perfection. an actual master piece. this book was so good. It had me on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE time. genuinely. it was that good. the plot twists were crazy, but after they happened i'd think back and they made total sense. there was never anything that was like "well that's just stupid" it was always "NO FING WAY". Violet is such an amazing FMC. she is so strong and courageous. and know show to make the best out of a sucky situation. her character development was also soooo good. i loved how she started to finally believe in herself. Now don't even get me started on Xaden because oh. my. gosh. literally for the enemies to lovers was so great. and Rebecca Yarros did such an amazing job with Xaden that even when i should have hated him i literally could not. he is just so perfect and gorgeous and judt urghhhhh i love him. Now for the fantasy aspect of the book, amazing! the dragons were so interesting and the attention to detail on the bond between rider and dragon was crazy. the trope of dragon rider is definitely used constantly in fantasy and usually follows the same patterns (don't get me wrong i ADORE it anyways) but not in this book. i've never read a book with the dragons trope that did it in this way (i won't say which way it was so you all can find out on your own while reading) but needless to say like everything else in this book it was amazing!
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