This was a total miss for me. I thought the description sounded interesting. Right on the inside of the book jacket it says, "a haunting, untethered, addictive read" but I didn't find it to be any of those at all. I almost added it to my DNF list, but I was already more than halfway through, so I pushed forward...

First of all, I didn't really care for any of the characters.

Second, I absolutely hated the relationships between the characters. The love interest between Cara and Sam was disgusting. I wanted to scream every time Cara said, "ex-stepbrother" or "but he is my brother" or "your not my brother." The abusive relationship between Alice and Nick seemed to be glossed over, even though there were a few instances where the danger was brought up, it didn't sit well with me. I really disliked that the Mom was totally obvious to the things that were going on with her kids, especially after hearing her back story.

Third, I didn't think the storyline flowed well at all. I was super thrown off from the very beginning when Cara narrated that accident season terrifies her and that she tries to stay safe, but then continues on to do the stupidest things that could very easily kill her. I found most of the story to be plain boring and throughout, I found myself thinking "wait, what is going on?" A lot of it didn't really make any sense to me. I thought the magic components had the potential to be neat, but it just didn't seem to work.

Then there was the "twist," which I felt was rather predictable. Whether it was just the non to subtle hints scattered throughout the book, I'm not sure. But I was pretty let down by the ending.