4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I found this book to be somewhat inconsistent, but promising enough that I would like to read the prequel.

Pros:
Ellie and Jay are great characters with a sweet friendship
The concept of Ellie's skills/powers and the indigenous knowledge that she draws upon
Asexual representation
GHOST DOG! Kirby is the best, and I was hooked by his opening scene

Cons:
Mixing of different magical/supernatural elements; I'm still kind of confused about why we needed vampires
Unreliable continuity in the plot, including some developments that felt unlikely

Like some others, I struggled with this a bit in audio format. The text messages being read out were tedious, and I wanted more unique voices for the characters.
emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

⟢ 4.5 out of 5 ✮⋆˙

solid novel. loved the characters and world-building, as well as the messages it sends. i miss elatsoe already :( <3

This was a fun read, light and serious at the same time. I enjoyed the relationship between Kirby and Ellie.