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JBarringer
Sep 24, 2016JBarringer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I was surprised by this one, It had a lot of hype in the YA book blogging community, and I actually liked it. In fact I may have to hunt down the first book, too. I wasn't completely convinced about the character motivations, and some parts seemed contrived as a result, but even with this systemic weakness, the story was compelling enough to keep me reading without much grumbling. I did find the magic system very sparse, almost nonexistent, and if the point was that Mara and her friends are just hallucinating, that worked. Otherwise, the supernatural aspect of this story needed more support in the storytelling.