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Hanna travels to Portero, Texas to meet her mother for the first time in her life. As she nears the house, her father gives her all kinds of advice. The only problem with this picture is that Hanna’s father is dead and only exists in her head. This is only one of Hanna’s issues. She has tons of medication for various things such as depression and hallucinations. She almost killed her aunt to get away from her and finally meet her mother. Surprisingly, all of these things will not make Hanna stand out in Portero, because the town is much crazier than she could ever be.

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greymalkin's review

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Tried, but the main character was just too annoying and the rest of them weren't much better. A pity because the world had some interesting Scholomance/Buffy vibes that could have been interesting.

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rebeccajane's review against another edition

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3.0

This would probably actually get 3.5 stars but whatever. I liked this book but at the start it was kind of weird and seemed random. I also found that parts of the book didn't really need to be there. At first I didn't like Hannah because she was really annoying and her moods kept changing. I know she was manic depressive and all but I got used to it. The other characters were pretty good besides being annoying at times. Sometimes I felt like I was reading more then one book at a time but by the end it got into the story and started making sense so yay for that :)

lavieboheme215's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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loveleareads's review

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4.0

I think one word sums up this whole book:
crazy
No, no. Scratch that:
Insane
Dia Reeves created a beautiful world of just that: craziness.
The book was so friggin weird I can't even tell you if I really liked it or not. At times I was so into it and loved it and other I was like: WTF was that?
But, if I did have to decide, I think overall I did like it. It was so addicting! I couldn't put it down, and I had to know everything; How would everything turn out, what was going to happen, so on and so forth.
I loved the writing in this, and the way this whole new world was created was amazing. How anyone could come up with something like this is beyond me, and I certainly look forward to reading more of Reeve's books and seeing what else she can come of with.

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