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It took me a while to get into the story, but I definitely enjoyed reading this book a lot! I was kind of annoyed at how long it took for the plot to start unravelling and I remember that I started to be invested at around 1/4 of the book. It took me a while to get used to the authors writing style too, there were a lot of words that I had to look up that took me out of the story a bit, I think mainly because the main character is supposed to be a teenager and I wouldn’t expect that kind of vocabulary from a high schooler. I think it’s interesting how the readers were given the what, when and where and that we are progressively figuring out the why and how of it all right along side the main character. I really enjoyed the ending , I appreciated that everything was explained pretty thoroughly and I found the world building suuuper interesting! Definitely would recommend for people who enjoy cosmic horror/thriller and coming of age.

bibliophil_leah's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

just_n1n4's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

lyakimov's review

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3.0

This book was extremely slow and took a really long time for the story to pick up. The ending felt lackluster, especially with the connection of Ms. Ekstrom's past and the present disappearances. How is it that tons of people have been murdered in this town and nobody has been suspected or has been concerned? That's pretty crazy.

Also I like how the ending is like "omg Becca and Nora survived demonic possession and got away with killing a bunch of people!!" as if that's not going to absolutely destroy their mental states lol. Just got away with murder with my bestie!!! And her hair is now white and she's growing a new set of teeth! (what? why did this happen lol, did the demon merge with her soul now?? lol)

I wish the supernatural element was actually explained more, because it felt like it just...existed, like an ever-present being but not really any understanding as to why it is terrorizing this town. Especially with Patty Dean being a big part of the supernatural element but in reality she wasn't that important??? Okay whatever I think I am thinking too much into this.

I didn't really care for the romance but I do like the name James! I also enjoyed seeing more into Nora and Becca's relationship, but I cannot understand for the life of me why they would keep playing that ridiculous goddess game. I think the prose was good, too! I'm interested in reading other books by this author.