At one point Drake will demand Kyra to get out again, she will be hella mad at him, they will have a bit of enemies dynamics but more from her since he will probably say something that he was possessed by something and didn’t mean to send her back bla bla bla stfu loser. Anyway, Orion's bonus POV scene at the Fair at the end of this book is the only great thing about AGoMaG. I was WILLING myself to like this book the entire way through but in the end I gotta be real it was just meh. I’m very much looking forward to seeing where this story goes and I’m sure it’s going to be another hit. The sisters know how to draw you in, and pull out all the stops to make sure you are wanting more and more.

This cover is absolutely gorgeous and I am so excited to see what the twisted sisters have cooked up for us in this one! I think she will be the main villain for the first few books maybe before one of the lost gods (that god of vengeance?

I read the prequel first which was amazing and beautifully written so I had high expectations for AGOMAG however I didn’t feel it was as good.

As for Cassius and Austyn there was even less romance, nearly non-existent but the ✨potential✨, my god, I'll wait forever if I have to to see those them together at last. I loved seeing her go from locked in her prison to being out and meeting people and seeing her character growth in that way I really can’t wait for the next book.She's just so unpredictable--having the ability to be completely ruthless yet wholly vulnerable at the same time--and I just love her craziness.

Drake is still vain as ever, Cassius is still a stickler for rules (albeit a tiny bit less than in the beginning I guess), and still no one is listening to the princess. Like we get it—Drake is a man of sin, Cassius is a man of steel, Austyn’s a princess trapped in a castle, but it doesn’t need to be said 50 times over. While I’m still not very invested in the couple, I do like this kind of star crossed lovers storyline and will be interested to see how this will turn out.Austyn is boring af lol I didn’t like it when her chapters came up cause she just gave me way too many damsel in distress vibes. PACING — Others have said (and I wholeheartedly agree) that there was an imbalance of inner monologue to action.

I always enjoyed the dynamics between the Zodiac Academy characters when they were all in one scene, at least then I knew there was a possibility of something exciting happening so I was holding out on that but nope, nothing of that sort happened or rather by then, I have already completely given up on the plot/characters/dynamics. I was the trophy, the glossy little token for whichever suitors greased my father's palm enough to enter the pageant--an ancient, barbaric and entirely sexist tradition. I am willing to overlook the issues I had and give it a four stars rating instead of three, simply due to the fact that I enjoyed it fairly a lot and it is the first book in the series. There is a bit more tension for this couple now that Kyra is pissed and stopped putting him on a pedestal, but their storyline is so predictable that I’m not interested to see how their conflict will be resolved. In my opinion, a well written villain is that who makes you want to torture and kill them slowly then revive them just to do it all over again and Magdor fulfilled that role to perfection.The sisters are amazing authors as they invented my absolute favourite series , zodiac academy, and so I knew that I had to read another Fantasy romance by them because they are amazing in that genre. I did enjoy the story and will definitely continue with the series but that could be due to a nostalgic enjoyment of the Disney version of Aladdin as this does follow the major plot points of that movie very closely for the most part. I actually really liked the cliffhanger on this one, I'm excited to see what they bring us with book 2. Only villains prospered among the dirt and dregs of the lower Fae, and I was the most villainous of them all. Throw in a mysterious prophecy, a villain you want to throat punch, and a cadre of layered characters, and you’ve got the framework for a literary home run for first book in this intriguing new series.