Status Updates From The City of Slaughter

As soon as he said Cockney Bitches I knew

Oh gosh dangit ofc he's Jack

Or I guess another Dybbuk

This is genuinely so scary. Idk if that was a Sheyd or a demon

This is going to be deeply upsetting I can already tell

I am STRESSED

If i had a nickel for every transmasc author named Aden(Aiden) who wrote m/m upper YA urban fantasy about a minority culture in America........

this is a hard read

I'm glad that Frankie came around wrt his resentment and jealousy towards Alter. Props to Aden Polydoros for portraying realistic and human emotions in their characters. Alter and Frankie were such an OTP in TCB, so the turbulence between them in this book was rough to read about. The tension was well executed.

I still enjoyed the end and reading a book from Frankie's perspective. A lot of his feelings, particularly his anger, were very relatable. I've been dealing with my own anger lately and I've been bottling it up. So I could empathize with Frankie's rage.

The ending was open-ended and a bit ambiguous. I wish that everything that happened to Alter had been explained more clearly. I agree with the reviewer who thought that some parts of this book were confusing because the ending confused me. 😅