I know why so many people hate this book as a canonical addition to the world of the Limetown podcast. However, I went into Limetown fresh off the tails of Archive 81, fully expecting horrifyingly magical fuckery, and that's exactly the route the second season took in it's hard left turn out of the NPR format. I'm still mad that we don't really know what happened to Lia at the end of the podcast, after this story. I'm somewhat confused whether or not Emile can read Lia's thoughts. It seemed at first that was why he took a shine to Sylvia - as her replacement, but the final scene of the novel confuses that. Still, this was an enjoyable read, removed from the fact it retcons most of the podcast's first season. I genuinely enjoyed exploring more of this world as long as I was able to suspend my disbelief.