The story was okay but there were too many POVs and I was only interested in Wren and August - the rivals to lovers pair. Because there were so many changes in voice, the story felt disjointed and I lost interest midway through.

The audio narration from all the narrators was good though.

A unique premise but the execution was a bit lacking for me.

I didn’t love all the POVs in this and there was some I liked better than others.

dnf 25%

this was so stupid i don't even know where to start and I listened to only 25% of this mess

1) what icked me the most since the beginning: we have 6 pov and all this 6 people are neatly divided into 3 couples since page 1 like???? are you serious? am I supposed to feel some chemistry between them, cus there was none

2) characters were dumb:

- Wren- director's lap dog, praise kink, literally director tells her "you have sth other doesn't- kindness" and she's ready to do whatever he tells her??? Girl stand up

- August "he's so scary, everybody's afraid of him, students scatter when they see him in the corridors", but one comment from Wren and "she could see he was wounded"? yeah I'm shaking in my boots

and they are supposed to be academic rivals with that "great banter" that was so pathetic and forced and immature

- Emilio- he was so naive I wanted to shake some sense into him, they're literally in afterlife? limbo? whatever with magic and he's shaken that a chair moves by itself??? "but but it's a statue, it should not move"🥺🥺🥺 ARE YOU FOR REAL RIGHT NOW?????

- other guy with accent in audiobook who was losing memories? idk man i already lost MY memories about him

- Irene - another know it all, shoved it down my throat, she's the best, she knows best, "you're not special" I can'ttttt icked me bad

- and another girl who's besties with Irene also already forgot what she was doing

3) if there was any question about worldbuilding or magic the answer was "it's just how it is" ??? okey thanks for nothing

4) the writing style - I was listening to an audiobook, so I didn't see how the sentences looked, but it sounded like a lot of short sentences that were very repetitive and it didn't make for smooth listening experience at all

Thank you Netgalley for providing digital advanced copy in exchange for honest review.

I love a bit of YA dark academia and immortal consequences did not disappoint.

The writing is deep, the characters are complex, the plot is well constructed with the perfect blend of thrilling mystery, great pace and unexpected twists. The banter was on point, I find a lot of banter in books irritating but this one hit just right. Dying for book two. The kind of enemies to lovers trope was exhilarating.

I loved the amount of character voices and the general audiobook experience, but some of the accents didn't quite land right.

Perfect if you loved Beautiful Creatures or the Temptation of Magic.

Thank you so much for the ALC. All thoughts are my own.