unfortunately i went into the book admittedly not expecting to like it, but it ended up being a pretty fun small-town mystery !! :D i did find Luce to be a bit annoying at times,

YES YOU SHOULD WANT TO SEE YOUR RECENTLY-KIDNAPPED NIECE MORE THAN YOU SHOULD WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIEND YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON

along with really wishing Ashleigh and Anders had gotten more characterization than just “we are Luce’s friends”. but honestly the Fanya POVs made it all worth it.

especially towards to end of the book, when she’s learning about the human world and inspecting books and the tv? beautiful, adored Fanya

so yeah!! nothing really stood out to me enough to give this a 4-star-or-more rating, but i think people who like stories about small towns with secrets and some light spooks will enjoy this :)