I was really interested by the premise and the magic system but unfortunately I was SO BORED by the plot that I’m not going to continue this series. 

Not quite as thrilling as I would have liked. Overall there’s nothing wrong with this book, but it didn’t make much of an impression. I liked Lucy and Ben, but all of the other characters felt pretty one dimensional.

Decently fun but predictable mystery thriller. I guessed most of the plot twists

(except for Christie running away)

but it was still enjoyable to read. I liked that the chapters were short and the POV jumped around a lot — it kept the pacing very quick. The small town setting could have been explored a bit more. I never really felt all that immersed in Allen's Grove, which is strange because it's the real town that Jeneva Rose grew up in. 

Unique coming of age story that explores the meaning of art. Frankie and Zeke had a well-written friendship that felt very genuine. Frankie and Zeke were both very vivid characters. Zeke especially, with his struggles with overwhelming feelings of anger, felt very real. I liked that this book was on the shorter side — it felt very self-contained in a way that mirrored how self-contained life feels when you're a teenager growing up in a small town. 

Emotional story with a feel-good ending! I liked the premise of Jodie completing Bree's bucket list but I thought that it felt a little contained at times. The whole point of a bucket list is to think outside of the box but all of the tasks were fairly simple to complete. I would have liked to see a little more creativity in the tasks that Jodie had to complete. 

I liked Jodie's character arc of learning to live her life to the fullest. I also liked that she was unapologetically interested in sports.

Despite the fact that this book was published last year, I think that the fact that Bree is an Instagram influencer rather than a TikTok influencer prematurely ages the book.