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I don’t want to finish this book, and not in a good “ I don’t want it to end”, more of a “will it ever end?!?” Especially knowing nothing gets resolved and there is a second book …….. I can’t believe I have another hour and a half of the audiobook after already having listened at accelerated speeds for something like 7 hours. Just no.

I’m having a hard time with this book. The narrative switching is rough, and the clear, casually-referenced trauma from the MC - not to mention the fact that future trauma is foreshadowed. There seem to be three different, complicated stories being told at the same time - it’s hard to shift mental gears from violin talent competition to a spaceship operating a donut shop to an abused trans kid running away.

Its been a little while since I read the first two ‘Shapeshifters of The Beau Monde’, which I deeply enjoyed, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating this new book so I was delighted to get a review copy from NetGalley! It took a minute to get back up to speed with the terminology, but the more I read the more it’s coming back to me. I’m enjoying the foundation-laying of our two main characters so far.

Welp. I’m now hate-finishing this book. I’m deeply upset at the loss of a major character for a stupid reason, which was also out of character.

Honestly, I’m going to take a break and may just mark as read ... ugh. I haven’t been this disappointed in a book or series in a long time.

Loving this so far!

I don't know that have the patience to read this book right now. I think this series benefits from more time between books so that we forget that Lori's kind of a bonehead.