I think this could be a really great book for a person who isn’t me. It just felt so much like a middle grade book and not a YA. Despite there being small romance elements and a stronger theme of death, it just felt like I was reading a middle grade when I was meant to be reading YA.

And in general, I think it could’ve survived without the romance element. The romance

between Cassius and Marlene felt entirely unnecessary to me, especially since I felt they had no reason to be together. (I was honestly rooting for Bluejay and Cassius the whole time)