Bibliophile Bindings

I really like how the characters are not perfect. They are all so flawed! I've never read a book with so many characters that have what people would consider to be physically flawed. I also enjoyed Cath's main romance, which was also flawed. When I first looked into this book, I was under the impression that this wasn't LGBTQ+, but because of all of the romance in the fanfic, it felt like the book was mainly LGBTQ+ and about Simon and Baz fanfic, with an undertone of straight romance for the main character and her life away from the fanfic. I was hoping for more from Cath and her life outside of the fanfic. So if you aren't into that stuff, know that if you read this book you may be skipping what feels like a good portion of the book to get to the parts you're more interested in. I think I would have enjoyed the book more if I had read Gemma T. Leslie's books and if I read and enjoyed Carry On by Rainbow Rowell since it was so focused on it. I expected...

*Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars!* I think I enjoyed this book more than I did the last one. It has more going on and we get to see and hear about the characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy more than we did in the first book.  I think the events in this book were more interesting than the events in the last book, but the repetition did get tiring. While that is the case, Bardugo did have the time that I realized it was just kind of repeating itself be the last time.  We see character development all around. Kaz, Inej, Jesper, Wylan, Matthias, and Nina all go through some kind of character development and it was done soooo well. Especially for Kaz, Jesper, Wylan and Matthias. It was so great to be able to see them go through it. This book made me cry, which is why I believe this book (and the series in general) is so great. I was able to get attached enough to allow it to make me feel the emotions the author wanted me to feel. I only cried during two back-to-back s...