She had me in the first half...after that it becomes repetitive and I don't prefer my non-fiction (that are not memoirs) to contain a lot of "I" statements. It went from learning about perspectives on love to being preached at. There were some great ideas/quotes and I applaud Bell for having such progressive ideas for her time.

A cute little ending to the duology but felt like Holly could have taken this book a totally different way and given us more of Wren's POV and sidelined Bogdana to the Tower of Forgetting from page 1. Imagine if Prisoners Throne stayed set in the Ice Needle and focused on Wren consolidating the parts of her old/new self and Melliths memories/heart, while Oak focused on helping to heal Wren and in turn figured out how to get her powers right side in again? The potential for the romance would have been off the charts. Anyways......all that to say I liked it even if it wasn't my favorite installment out of the Elfhame series.

A genuinely spooky and fun read. Stephen King has such a way with words - a master at his craft! Which makes me wonder why he insists on writing about minors the way that he does. It's icky.