I’m happy to read almost anything Silvia Moreno-Garcia writes.. We follow the dual timelines of our main character Meche from the 80s and the mid-2000s. In this storytelling, we can see how much has changed for her, and how family relationships and friendships have been fractured. She has a brain for numbers and is obsessed with music, and it’s through these passions that she begins to believe magic can be found. While this wasn’t my favorite Moreno-Garcia, and our main character was very unsympathetic, I found myself engaged throughout. The fact that this was Moreno-Garcia’s debut speaks to her caliber as an author.