*3.75

Writing quality: Reducing two women to their beauty most of the time is a terrible choice. Author keeps mentioning how pretty the sisters are to the point I wonder if author wants to focus on their trauma or their beauty. I am not joking, even in stressful situations or after a traumatic event, author wants to reinforce the message that they are somehow getting things done because they get away and they get away because they are beautiful.

In a lot of scenes I felt that the author was doing a lot of tell and not letting the readers use their head. A lot of inconsistencies were there as well

Apart from the critic, I did feel that the author tried to do a structured character arc for both the sisters. I could see how they were at start, how the plot challenged them and how they developed from those challenges.

It did make me cry; which honestly is a pretty low bar, I cry easily.

It was marketed as a witty satire and maybe I am not the target audience because I had a little hard time recognising the satire. I saw it being satirical in some places but this book was not according to my expectations. The last portion of the book was better

Just another Yellowface (which was more satirical in my opinion)

I felt that huge part of the book was just filler and exposition and the later half was so rushed that the main 'boss fight' was almost laughably short and anti-climatic.

Also this book, essence wise, felt too much like the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. The only difference was in magic system and this one being a queer book.