I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. I like the ideas of the magic system, but I still feel unfulfilled by the end of the book. Even with discovering new magics or finding out new things about their abilities, you don't really understand it any more than you did from the start of the book, nor do you ever understand how or why the catalyst of the book happened. Without really knowing that, it feels like a cop-out to me; a way to have a big thing looming around without ever really having to explain it deeply or satisfyingly enough, but using it to propel your narrative and characters forward anyway.

I think I prefer Sarah's adult fiction better or maybe this one just didn't vibe with me as much; I'm not sure. I didn't feel too compelled to keep reading on and I was always hoping something a little more interesting was going to happen but it never did, nor did the magic ever make much sense. I did like the characters, though, and that was probably the main reason I kept reading.