Although ostensibly an adult novel, with some adult themes including PTSD, depression, lots of anger management issues, etc, it felt like a YA novel. The main characters (who defeated the Dark One) are 20-somethings, 10 years on after saving the world, still trying to process the trauma, grief, and rage, and find their places in the world. The language was rough and some of the themes are difficult, but the whole still felt like a YA novel to me (and there's nothing wrong with YA fiction at all) but with a fair bit of rough language and more unhappiness added into the mix.
The plotting was very slow for me. It was a bit of a slog to finish, though the writing is quite adept and the author is clearly talented. Main character Sloane was prickly, cold, unpleasantly unstable, and scary. It didn't make the reading more pleasant to know that every bit of her prickle and spite was 100% intentional on the author's part.
I know that this novel (and series) will be hugely successful. I found it slow and too drama filled and depressingly like real life.
Two stars for the dark and drama filled plot, four for the admittedly high quality writing.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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