Good prose and a well-paced plot kept me reading a book that, despite its magic, I wasn't enchanted with until the last 100 pages. But my god! What a twist! What twists! Riley and Vaughn felt shallow as main characters, solely defined by their trauma, which left me feeling lukewarm. But Riley's family will be missed. Their scenes had such warmth and kindness- the kind that you find when you feel safe at a sleepover for a first time, when you realize that everyone's family is messed up in one way or another.