Laura, what the heck was this?? Castles in their Bones was one of my favorite books so far this year, and this sequel made me wanting to dnf it multiple times??? make it make sense. This book has my favorite cover out of the three (first one shows Sophie, this one here is Beatriz - such a slay - and the third book in green will have Daphne on it); but yeah it suffers from one of the biggest cases of middle book syndrome I have ever come across. There is barely anything happening, just so much scheming and politics, and the book dragged on so much, and everybody was whining about Sophie - like I get it, she is my favorite character and I also missed her a lot - but don't make it your whole personality. Tbh I am not sure if I will read the last book in the series because this book dragged on SO much, but I'll wait for some reviews and will decide from there on.