Thio was my favorite in all of this, and I sorta wish we had gotten more for him, or perhaps a POV or three from him as well. But part of the conflict near the end was Sebastian not fully understanding the trauma and headspace Thio was going through, so I understand why there wasn't a change in POV.

The humor at the beginning was pretty funny, although I wasn't really vibing too much with the millenial sass, lingo, and cringe (and this is coming from a millenial) to a point that I nearly took a break.

There was a lot about the world-building that was severely lacking, and the magic aspect was pretty confusing. I know the book was to focus on the love between two characters, but I feel like if you're going to introduce a magic system as wordy as this, it needed to make better sense; it wasn't until the Cube that I understood the basics of the magic system, but there are still parts I don't quite understand.

Overall a good story, buuuut I don't plan to add this to my physical shelf as a trophy or possible future reread.

This book was such a fun book to listen to. Right from the start, I got a really good idea of who Mona was based on what went through her head in chapter 1.

The plot itself was fairly straightforward and basic, but it wasn't in a bad way! Bob was one of my favorite characters in this, as well as the gingerbread man that was with Mona nearly the entire book.

Over all, the creativity it took to come up with a way for Mona to use her magic to get way, fight, and defend was one of my favorite parts of this story. Mona only has power over bread and dough, and right way you wouldn't think there's a lot you could do with that. I think the author did a very good job playing with this very specified magic ability, and like it was at the forefront of everything instead of shoved to the side to make way for easier conflict solving.