This book was worse than the first two.

I'll start off by saying that this series was extremely unoriginal. If you've read some popular books—examples including Red Queen, The Selection, The Cruel Prince, and Dance of Thieves—you'll see what I mean. There was potential, but I didn't quite make it. This series was very trope-heavy, and it seems it only focused on making it "marketable," at least imo. Also, this should've been edited better.

My second point, there was an opportunity for more things to be explored here, but they weren't. The emotional impact at the end of the book (iykyk) just wasn't there. Some plot lines fell short, some felt rushed.

My third point, the main characters. Kai and Paedyn started off decent. I liked them, even. But as I continued this series, I hated them more. Kai's personality fell flat, and it's about revolving around Paedyn and his jealousy. Paedyn wasn't a great mc, either. She didn't feel well planned, and I didn't care for her, nor feel worry for her. Kitt, however, was done very dirty in this book, I won't say anything other than that.

My final point, this series felt incredibly stretched out. In fact, I preferred Powerful over the three main books. Reckless was boring as heck, and it could've easily been a novella, so is Fearless. Reckless and Fearless could've been one book.

This is all my opinion, do not get offended. So is this series worth it? Not really, imo. But could others enjoy it, despite me disliking it? Definitely! Some people online disliked the quality, but in terms of enjoyment, they did like it. And that's completely fine. Reading is subjective!

And thank you for listening (or, rather, reading) to my ramble 😭🙏🏻 I tried to make this as unspoiler-ish as possible, do tell me if I spoiled anything so I can change it to a spoiler review!

(I clarified the reading is subjective part above because some angry fans did attack me online for saying this about their beloved book lmao)