This book was a fast paced dark magical adventure about a daughter seeking to understand the truth about herself and her relationship with her mother. 

Pros: 
- Fast paced 
- Dual POV kept the story moving  
- Mystery elements worked really well and although revealed earlier, didn't make the book anticlimactic 

Cons:
- some of the family elements were not fully resolved/addressed 
- one of the major effects of the "mystery spell" didn't make sense (see below)

The spell makes her forget her very intense and deep friendship with her neighbor/love interest and she doesn't recall but also NOT A SINGLE PERSON in her entire life mentions it to her? Her neighbor, the neighbor's family, her other friends, her brother ANYONE because "mom told me not to mention it" and he didn't for YEARS. Also once she is in danger, dad still refuses to tell her what is happening "because her mom should be the one to tell her" but her mother has literally disappeared.