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I know exactly where this one is going. Two 1st person present PoVs who start out on opposing sides but fall in love the moment they meet each other and throw everything away for someone they literally just met, a competent that blatantly rips off The Hunger Games, an assassin who doesn't ever actually assassinate anyone, weaksauce worldbuilding... This is EVERY 2010s YA fantasy clichè rolled into one book, isn't it?

Cimone Watson It's a little early to judge whether the book is cliche. And some black girls want to read swoony romances about black girls! I get what you're saying…moreIt's a little early to judge whether the book is cliche. And some black girls want to read swoony romances about black girls! I get what you're saying, really, but you really don't know how these tropes are going to be handled until you read it, and unless they're tropes that are problematic in themselves, I don't see reason to be so skeptical right off the bat. Besides, this has to do with West African folklore, which is becoming more prominent in YA, but we really didn't see it a lot for most of the 2010s. There was, and still is, lots of European-based fantasy. Some people don't get that black people want to geek out over stuff sometimes. Yes, social issues affect us, but that isn't our whole lives. Some of us are nerds and like speculative fiction and are happy to see people who look like us getting the full swoony-YA treatment. (Obviously, you can read books about and by black people if you aren't black, too.)(less)

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Does this end with a cliffhanger?

Lindsay (novelandink) The ending is pretty open, but I wouldn't call it a cliffhanger. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series, but I'm not cursing the author for lea…moreThe ending is pretty open, but I wouldn't call it a cliffhanger. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series, but I'm not cursing the author for leaving things unanswered!(less)

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Does this book contain any mental health or mental illness rep? If so, what type and how much is it focused on??