I really enjoyed this mysterious story. Benny is great main character - I was interested in her life, and how things would work out for her. Although it's a slower paced start, it's helpful to see her beginnings and the life she is coming from. I had mixed feelings about her mum, but I suspect that's intentional. I enjoyed the people that Benny makes friends with along the way too. They're an interesting mix of characters, and seeing her friendships develop is great, knowing how isolated and friendless she was previously.
The mystery is intriguing, and keeps the pace ramped up through the story, and although there is some jumping back and forth between timelines I found it wasn't confusing, and worked really well for the book. I liked the people we meet in the previous timeline, and the way that what's happening is slowly revealed.
My only quibble would be the cliffhanger ending...I had obviously fully committed to the book because when I got to the end I was insanely cross that it ended where it did! I know, it's part of a series, but I don't think I'd appreciated that at the start of reading, so it did leave me feeling incomplete. But I guess the strength of my feeling goes to show how good the writing was!
With thanks to NetGalley and the Publishers for my copy.
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