Patrick Ness is officially the gold star for all YA.

This book was so freaking good . I love anything that pokes fun at the "chosen one" trope and this book did it in a really interesting way. The characters, as usual, were fabulous, fleshed-out human beings who you could imagine being real. This applied to the side characters as well as the mains.

Also, d i v e r s i t y! Well written female characters, multiple poc, a character with an eating disorder, a character with ocd and anxiety, lgbt+ characters, characters that don't fit traditional beauty standards, Y E S.

Friendships! Sibling relationships! Complicated parent-child relationships! Romances! It's all there and it's all great.

A super minor thing, but therapy and medication are present in this book and are seen as positive things!! It's never made fun of and it's shown to help the characters!! There was a part when it looked like it was going to use the "magic heals disabilities" trope but then it completely subverted it!

I love this book, bye.