I absolutely adored the setting of this book. and liked its characters well enough. But I have to admit that maybe I'm getting too old for YA novels. Some decisions and thoughts Mila frustrated me so much. The world is literally maybe ending and you feel up the man you had tons of opportunities with on the ground of the cursed bog? wild choice. Unfortunately there were a few repetitive sentences/words that threw me off my reading flow at times and it was fairly predictable to me, where everything heading but I still enjoyed it. (one more thing: I just can't get behind the idea of the cursed manifesting as worms? like, not the visual for me). I'd say this is for fans of summer sons and the bog wife, if youre in your early twenties. if you're a little older and enjoyed books like beautiful creatures, this might also be your vibe. thank you netgalley and the author for the chance to read this before it's release!

The way that this book starts is so good! I was sucked in and couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next. I was practically on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was going on, what the vibes were, and if this book was going to have a tragic ending. But then it lost momentum from there.

Around the 47% mark, I started to lose interest. By the time I was 70% in, I was ready for the book to come to a close. I think that the plot needed to pick up the pace just a little bit.

I love the gothic horror vibes that this book brought to the table.

Thank you very much to Turner Publishing Company and NetGalley for an ARC of this book. All opinions are my own and in no way are influenced by the manner in which I received it.