Just like all the others, this book was beautiful. I love the way the magic and reality are seamlessly combined, so things like "we swam so much that summer, we grew gills" could either be a metaphor or could have actually happened. It's so easy to get lost in a book like that. As always, I felt warm and fuzzy and happy after reading this, and I didn't want to put it down for a second. While I will say a few parts were less compelling, or well placed, as some of the others (for example, I think Cricket's character development was a bit...off), I really enjoyed Selma, Devin, Eby and especially Lisette. And I liked the little background stories we got on the characters throughout the book; that was different and added a little extra depth.