Ayòbámi Adébáyọ̀ commands the attention of her audience with all the imperiousness of an aged matriarch thrilling her offspring by moonlight.

Urban Fantasy has a new voice, a new face. And it is here, in the very pages of a book that depicts a society very much like ours.

The antiheroes make you root for them! Their gritty, dark deeds blend with their odd but righteous sense of justice.

I can confidently say that the Stormlight Archive’s magic system is the best I’ve ever seen in Fantasy Fiction.

I commend the willingness to use far more original cultural elements than in book one. It gives the book a semblance of originality, which I greatly appreciate

… the author probably outdid himself this time. His much-lauded magic system is on show here once again, as it was in Foundryside and Divine Cities

The comradeship and romance in this book were well executed, and I was pleased to see the fight scenes and the magic system well-depicted.

Like the first book, the writing is fluid and contains meticulously detailed world-building, characterizations, and an extremely gripping plot. 

While reading, you’ll see life inside Promise Prep through their eyes, drawing open the shiny curtain of perfection Principal Moore has put up

Here, a young man throws everything about himself up to the world, and I mean everything; the good, the bad, the ugly, and the very ugly

It was clear that sons were currency, and only those blessed with them would be supported and listened to.

This book packs a lot into a few hundred pages, with trauma, sexuality, family, identity, political and racial themes threaded throughout the story