Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for providing an e arc of this title. 
This book by Bethany Baptiste is a witchy ya that has family drama, Political intrigue, and an interesting magic system. It has a family mystery at its heart with the main character having a love interest who is non binary. I really loved the inclusion of a non binary love interest, and a main character that identifies as aroace. I really appreciated the seemless use of the correct pronouns, showing how natural it could be if we let it be as simple as there are more than two ways to identify gender and sexuality. 
The magic system in this book was super interesting and I would love to read more books with a magic system like this. What was special about it wasn't in the way the magic manifested but, in the way it was identified and was relevant to all types of love in society. It was interesting that the first scene showing the full range of the magic was a request for familial love and not a focus on romantic love. 
With the family drama, it was really well thought out and felt very realistic. I also really liked that the mother was such a strong presence all the way through even after a particular event at the beginning. The intimacy was well done too. I felt it was done appropriately for the ya category and it also showed responsible behaviour regarding sex. 
Overall, this was a good read. I actually requested this not noticing that it was ya. I do read ya, but it rarely gets more than a 3 star for me as I am just not the target audience and I rarely enjoy teenage angst. This is absolutely a me problem and should not put you off reading this book if you like witchy stories that are well written and have a both great characters and a good solid plot!