Thanks to Macmillan for the free advance copy of this book.

 - WE ALL FALL DOWN has a fantastic premise. I love this idea of cycles that require certain players in place: it allows for some excellent plotting and meddling and self discovery.
- The main characters are all wonderfully sweet and queer (yes, even the ones with hard shells are sweet). There's a fluidity to people and things in this world that's lovely.
- I do have some beef with it, though. Given that it's set in a place sort of stuck between a magical world and our world, and that one of the main characters is Black, there are some scenes and plot elements (sorry, being vague to try not to spoil) that touch on his fears and experiences as a large Black man, but they aren't really explored or followed up on in any meaningful way. It's like the author was trying to have it both ways: our real world and a magic world where race and gender don't matter, but it ended up just making these important factors in the story just kind of get glossed over to not ruin the magic.