Thanks to Book Sirens for a review copy!

tl;dr
A fun book for fans of stories about magical school, dragons, and adventurous students who like to sneak around at night. Genre-savvy fans might feel familiar with the content.

About
Emily Roth lives in the commons, surviving day-to-day with the help of a secret power: the ability to make anything she touches disappear and reappear in a place of her choosing. But when her magic is discovered by others, she is given the chance to join the secretive magic community and train her powers at Selwyn Castle. Emily suddenly finds herself in a new world of dragons, spells, and wizardry, and secrets about her own lineage that might have been better off secret.

Thoughts
I came into this book from the wrong angle. Some of the marketing text had me expecting a heist-like adventure featuring young adults of a morally gray nature. What I got was an adventure at a magical school with spunky young heroes, and a hint of a bigger story at play in the background. Because of this, the first few chapters were a little tough for me to get through, but once I adjusted my expectations, I found that I really enjoyed the ride. Fans of magical boarding schools will find plenty to love: dragon riding, rivalries, sneaking around the school grounds at night, and a small small hint of a slow burn romance to cap it all off. The world building includes a setting that feels displaced in time (no cars, but the MC wears sneakers), with some really captivating ideas (the tree inside Selwyn Castle is a personal favorite). Magic differs per character, so it's hard to really nail down the overall magic system of the world, but it's at least consistent per person. Dragon riding scenes were especially fun, and I hope for more in upcoming installments. The characters all have pleasant and varied personalities, although the plot overtakes them a little bit. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bully/rival character is written sympathetically, but also still entirely terrible. The complexities during those character interactions wound up being my favorite by far. Plot moves at a nice quick pace, with a few twists here and there, although longtime readers will probably find very few surprises. Overall, a competent and satisfying magical adventure than leaves the door open for bigger adventures in the future.