Positive: Great turnaround of gender stereotypes – while still talking about them.

Negative: It kinda felt like they were checking boxes off a checklist – like okay done that next step – which felt… odd.

Positive: Descriptions were not only of sights, but sounds & smells also – such as Percy playing the violin.

Negative: I WANT TO HEAR THE MUSIC.

Positive: I loved Felicity’s character!

Negative: Some of the scenes felt like deja vu – which I now realise is because it’s somewhat similar to the Bane Chronicles.

Positive: Mercy (Ponty?) is good. They deserve the world.

Negative: This was a good book & I’m struggling to find things I did not like.

Positive: Good fleshing out of characters – if names were removed I would still be able to tell which character said what.

Negative: It’s more than 500 pages long.

Positive: Is that ever a bad thing?

Negative: I am not enamored with books that have dust covers – they’re consistently falling off.

Positive: But this was a cute dust cover with cute designs and a cute colour scheme that kept going through the book.

Negative: They’re maybe not very good role-models for kids…

Positive: Good, consistent & accurate references to historical & geographical things – she didn’t avoid or get it wrong, but actually did her research.

Negative: I want a sequel. Or there better be some darn good fanfic about what happens after it finishes.

Positive: Good discussion about LGBT stuff, race stuff & how people with medical diseases were treated – historically accurate discussion about these topics.

Negative: I got a little queasy about some descriptions of medical-ish stuff near the end. :/

Positive: Good scene descriptions.

Negative: It felt odd – mixing old fashioned language with modern language.

Positive: It was the little details that made the book (Helena’s string thing, etc.).