Oh. My. God. My head is still spinning from that ending, I can't??? So much happened so fast and I feel like I can hardly process most of it, honestly. But, this book was amazing. I found myself staring at the writing multiple times and going "this is her first book?" Chloe Gong is an amazing writer- and I was blown away by this being her first book, and she's only in college too. I can't even imagine how good she will be later on. This book being set in Shanghai was my favorite thing ever. It was amazing to learn about some of the culture, and to get to see how different things are across the world. I had never learned about what it was like in the 20's in anywhere by America, and learning about it was one of my favorite parts of the book. And the characters. I loved all of them, and even loved to hate a select few (Tyler and Paul, I am looking at you). Juliette, Roma, Rosalind, Kathleen, Benedikt, and Marshall were all so unique and so well written- and I...
SPOILER ALERT With most sequels, the book is either much worse or much better than the first one. Crooked Kingdom falls into the latter with ease, which is shocking, because I hadn't thought it could be better than the first one considering how much I loved it. It did take me quite a while to read, but that's only because I had been spoiled for what happened at the end and was dreading it so much. I said it with the last one and I will say it again, the characters were what shone throughout this book. The romances were amazing, and I loved all three of the, which is rare for me in a series. Most of the time, there's always that one ship I never really care for. We got to see the characters go through more challenges and development than the first one. Kaz started to take off his armor, Matthias was more loving and kind, Jesper stopped gambling as much and was more careful and proud, Wylan was more brave, Nina was sharper, and Inej was tested at new levels and still came out...