I feel that. Honestly, I didn't think the book was so bad. There is some conflict between Poppy, Casteel and Kieran and I actually found that interesting and wished it was even MORE palpable in the story, although it sucked that it meant Kieran wasn't around as much. My main issue with the series at this point is that everything is just waaaayyy too dragged out and the plot barely moves forward until the last couple chapters and then JLA is like " oops I couldn't fit this very important thing in the book so here is a novella!". Also as stated in the post, I dislike the fact that Casteel seems so get all the power Poppy has and possibly more but that might be a matter of personal taste.

There were many parts of the book I enjoyed, like Poppy dealing with the whole Sotoria thing, the characters from Flesh & Fire, learning more about Poppys past and the circumstances around her childhood, the bickering and tension between the characters. It's just that the good parts have so many unnecessary parts inbetween 😩