Loved parts of it, but had a few issues

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First, the good. The world and characters are an easy 5/5. I loved Kajal and Tav right off the bat and continued to enjoy them and their interactions with each other throughout. The magic of the world takes a while to show up but what is there is interesting. I found the resurrection plot highly compelling as well and was really rooting for Kajal the entire time.

And now for what I didn't love. Chapter 29-34 feel like reading a completely different book. What's up is explained by the end of the book but that's 50 pages of wondering how it relates to the main story. I found it really hard to get through reading and I'm still not sure it entirely makes sense. The twists in general don't feel handled well at all. There are a few characters that just sort of hang around and never do anything significant and honestly don't need to be there. The book felt generally unfocused in several places.