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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, this was an enjoyable book with plenty of fantastical elements. It's incredibly dark, though, and heartbreaking. I would be hesitant to recommend it to middle-grade readers for that fact alone. It's definitely one of those books where the parent would need to decide what's appropriate for their kid, as obviously, not all kids handle things at the same levels. The adventure Clara goes on to save Esteban was frightening, but incredibly interesting. The metaphorical conversation of fate versus free will though felt a bit over the heads of the intended reading age.