It's overall very slow and there were a lot happening while still not having much actions, but I was hooked!

We're really on the introduction of the world and how the city works, and it indeed really makes me think of Gotham (with its monsters, police corruption, trafficking, being so used to shootings that you just impatiently wait one is over so you can cross the road), and I loved that, it's so rare to see in a YA fantasy.

We talk a LOT about fear and what it does to us. Fear is really present here and it's the center of everything: you can transform in your own fear, in what you fear the most, into what's called Nightmares : and I loved how some fear were common to multiple people, how some fear can be transfered from seeing them in the news, how some fear turns out the take form when it's something like "loss". I loved all subtilities at the ending with the fears and I really can't wait to see what happens next! I can't say anything about the ending because it's very spoilery, but I really feel like we got introduced up to this part, to that key moment without specifically having a cliffhanger, but that will (I hope) do lot of things in the next/final book!

I really liked Ness and how she evolves within the book: it's not quick, we go round and round about the same thing, the same fear and same reactions, but it stays humain and how she evolves is done well. I also loved the importance put on relationships with friends, I felt so happy to read/listen to some parts I agreed to! The friendship between Ness and Priya is really done well, and I loved how the friendship between Ness and Cy came to life. I really can't wait to see more about these 3 characters in book 2!