I could not put this down! So gripping, so engaging & the story rolled along in a perfect mix of present & past that made the suspense even more gripping. Normally, with a book that moves between characters with each chapter, I get lost, but not in this one. Something about the way the author writes meant I never forgot exactly where each character was in their narrative. This is the best Grishaverse book I've read so far. Onto Crooked Kingdom!
I couldn't get into this one. It took until ¾ in for me to find it exciting. Nina's story was gripping, Nikolai & Zoya only got interesting towards the end. It did feel a bit anticlimactic to spend the whole book trying to fight the demon only to leave the Fold with it still there. Genya & David's characters seemed very different from the original trilogy, too; David was more aggressive & Genya seemed more delicate & less formidable.