I heard mixed reviews on this book, but I found it very enjoyable! I really liked the ages of the characters not ending in teen for once. We need more of this in books. 

I liked the premise and found the lore of the house to be slightly, Winchester inspired with it being labyrinth-esque and there being no descerabrle floor plan. I really liked the children’s book inspired world of Otherland and a bit disappointed that we saw so little of it. The creepiness of the monsters that come with the mist was great but kind of background, i would have loved more descriptions of the different kinds of monsters that E. Starling dreamt up. 

I don’t think i still fully understand why Gravely Power wanted the Starling House/land so much other than pure greed?

Happy that the Liz woman is dead, I hated her so much.

I think towards the end there was a few plot points competing with each other and some parts were repetitive or disjointed, like the finding out about their Gravely last name and the lore of the Starlings. 

Jasper already knew about the last name when Opal told him so I don’t know why he acted like he didn’t. And we got told about the Starlings twice, once from Jasper and then again later with pretty much the same info, which felt unnecessary just to be told the wards are dying quicker which we also already knew from Arthur. But i liked the found family and talks of grief because it was very realistic. The romance was nice and not insta-love which I appreciated.