4.5 for my personal enjoyment rounded up because it's so well done.

It's such a joy when a writer you already like gets better with each new book. I can't wait to see what Everina Maxwell does next.

Things this book is about that I am very into:
+ Knowing and being known and how that's scary and also the only thing that matters
+ Mental health and learning to live with your own screwed-up brain
+ Vivid sensory descriptions of weird magic
+ Love being earned through experience and choosing each other and getting to know each other and working together
+ How important it is to disobey orders when the orders are wrong and follow your own principles instead
+ Wow, family is complicated!