Not everything in this book is something I agree with 100% but the bones of it are extremely helpful. The general idea of how letting go of things that don't serve you, of ideas about yourself and others that don't serve you, being things you can shed is, I think, mostly true. Obviously this is harder for neuroatypical people but not, I think, impossible, I think it is a great starter with good solid foundations for people looking for some self improvement. 

Oh WOW! I read this book because I saw non-binary characters and other queer rep but I stayed because it is SO DANG GOOD! Really solid world building, some great twists, overall just a SOLID story that makes me really excited for the next one. Sometimes dragged just a bit hints the 4.5 instead of five. Lots of trigger warnings involved so just be cautious although particularly the sex stuff there is nothing explicit so good news there.

This book 1) too long 2) full of completely bland characters 3) dull world building and also 4) way to long. I know there's a ton of hype about this book recently and the idea behind it is so good but I barely finished it. The love triangle is so awful and I can't understand why it is even in there. It is lazy, honestly, which is what makes me so angry about it.

Wow. I had heard really good things about this book and I've been enjoying a lot of indigenous books recently. This was a lot darker than I had been told but I think it worked very well. Not a fun read but a good one nonetheless. Great character growth, great moments of poetry mixed with very real, very human moments. I think the complexities of the story really worked well and there were moments where I really didn't know what to expect. I thought about this book pretty much every second that I wasn't reading it, it is that haunting.

This was pretty cute. I am pretty unsure of the ending which felt very rushed all things considered. There are some threads that didn't tie up completely. But I liked the characters a lot and I liked the story. I think some of the side characters were a little flat, unfortunately. I liked this authors' adult book a whole lot more, I think it had a lot better take on the issues this book deals with, too.

I got two things to say: Yikes and Read the TWs....

I wish I had enjoyed this book a whole lot more. I wanted to, it seemed like a really cool idea. But the writing isn't super solid and the plot is pretty cookie cutter with a blending of most YA fantasy tropes into one book. The characters were pretty good and the world building wasn't the worst thing I've seen in awhile but it also wasn't amazing. I think overall the word I would use is forgettable? Not bad enough to loath, not good enough to read the rest of the series.

When I tell you that I'm deeply sad that I will probably not get a third book in this series for a long, long, long, LONG time, I mean I almost burst into tears when I finished this one. It truly breaks my heart that the publishing house went out of business because I just know Jonathan L. Howard would make the perfect final book in this series. Overall, even if this is the very last book we ever get from the series, it is so very worth the read. This is like no other YA book I've ever read and it just delights me so very much. It's got such a solid plot, such a great set of characters, and the world building is positively out of this world. I know it is a struggle to get your hands on this series because it's out of print now but if you at all possibly even MAYBE can get your hands on it, I suggest you do.

Hi this story is cute AF and I think any queer kid who read a lot of queer manga growing up or just queer comics in general will really get a kick out of it. A very sweet story about learning what you want out of life. I just... I ship it SO HARD y'all!!!

Wow. This is the first one star I've given out in a hot minute. But here was so... This book is condescending, contrived, predictable, sexist, and most of all boring. Anyone with any background on any mysteries can see every twist, every angel, from pages away. The ending makes little to no sense narratively because why play the "I'm not going to tell you everything" card if you are putting together what amounts to a confessional?? It seems like the author literally just pulled the most common tropes from older mysteries and put them in this book. The lead character is literally the worst and not just because he is an unreliable narrator. It is just garbage. Hot, flaming, garbage. Absolutely nothing about this book works and the fact that the only woman in this book that Doesn't Want To Fuck The Man Character is a lesbian is just absolutely bonkers! I really don't understand what the five start reviews of this book read that I didn't I feel like this entire book was talking down to me and talking down to most mystery readers in general. Considering that people have said this is a love letter to the genre I expect it to at least have some semblance of a good plot. Instead it reads like the annoying person at a bookstore who wants to tell you why Flynn is a hack and only the books written before 1990 are any good. Do not read this book, please, I'm begging you, read literally any other book!