Such an addicting read I feel like i’ve skimmed through half of the pages.
This book suffers a bit from the phenomenon “things are happening and the main character reacts.” Its not necessarily as if she’s passive - the rebellion is growing and working but everything is motivated by the jewel’s actions and not Violet’s. And when Violet makes a decision it’s quickly uprooted by other characters we don’t even see. It’s meant to make the stakes higher obviously and though it works a bit, it makes the story quite passive.