This book caught me like a venus fly trap. Grimdark Harry Potter? Huh.. Oh what it really hit me was something like [b:Gideon the Ninth|42036538|Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)|Tamsyn Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538.SY75.jpg|60943229]. How can you not like a supernatural snarky female lead.

My only gripe is a personal one. It is YA and I'm not terribly, and El, the main character has some really jagged flaws which can become.. long winded. But it's so worth working through her development.

The Spell-World-Building is also just fun and dark and insane.

Enjoy if you want what it has to offer, I did.