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Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I kind of dislike the series. I think that the world she created had a lot of potential and could've been really great, but the books and the characters themselves aren't great. Even without the obvious problems of lack of diversity and LGBTQ+ representation, the writing is just not very good. Seriously, reading it nowadays feels like something a teenager has written, tossing on random things to keep it "interesting" without developing the stuff that already exists.

Maybe instead of adding Shadowflux, the troll hives and the troll alliance, and the whole Sophie having four bodyguards thing, Shannon should continue the story Marella and her mother witnessing Cyrah's murder, actually have Prentice be important considering how hard they tried to get him back, and all the other plotlines that Shannon has hardly scratched the surface on. Instead of giving us four new characters, maybe give the characters we know and love more time in the spotlight and development. No, not just Keefe and Fitz. You have 5 other supposedly "main" characters in Sophie's friend group, remember? Excluding Marella and Jensi.