I wanted to like this book, especially after devouring the first four Wicked Lovely books. Unfortunately, the plot was predictable, the characters stereotyped and two dimensional. The world she has built was intriguing at first, but she never develops it (saving that for future books, perhaps?). Even the implied romance (a cornerstone of previous novels) remains undeveloped and stagnant. In the end, I had to force myself to keep reading, just to see if things would improve. They did not, alas...