Chris

Being in the customer service industry there were so many things that he spoke about that I understood 100%! I loved this book until it got to the last 15-20% especially the last chapter. I hated the twist ending and wished the author did something else with the ending. And while I hated Clyde and didn't agree with what they did to him, he got off too east and didn't get what he deserved

This was such a great book! It reads like a setup for a hero movie. I saw some reviews of people saying it was very political, which it was however it was filled with the politics of their world, San Madrigal, and was very necessary for the story. The way Mateo and Chela come full circle into their powers was done brilliantly. There are some things that I didn't like. I didn't understand why one of the twins just completely disappeared from the story or why the writer didn't fully flesh out Tia Lucia's warning about Chela. At first I was going to rate it a 4 but the last chapters of the book the story kicks into high gear and it made it a 5 for me!

Eh

There were so many thing that were ok but so many wrongs. I felt like the relationship happened way too fast. I felt like he was very irrational the majority of the time. Also sometimes it felt like the plot of dealing with his mother and his feelings for David were switched out almost like they could have been 2 separate books/stories.

I really wanted to like this book but in the end it just wasn't for me. The switching of timeliness was cool but there was so much going on at times the story gets disjointed and pulled me out of it. I would say this book does make me want to learn to make a black cake though lol

This was an amazing book. No movie has been able to.capture the amazing story housed within these pages