This is my third F.T. Lukens book and it's my least favorite, unfortunately. So far their books have all been fun, with a good mix of magic/fantasy and romance in a sweet YA tone. 

I was really enjoying this one too up until the around the 40% mark, and then I am not sure what happened. I ran out of patience with the side characters of the cousin and girlfriend who seemed too zany and one dimensional. It seemed like the YA-ness dropped down a bit lower into middle-grade in a way I didn't like. I found myself skimming pretty hard and just reading like the middle paragraph of each page for a while. I don't know if it's just that I wasn't in the mood for it anymore? 

I don't want to rate it too harshly because I do suspect this may have been my issue and the book itself has plenty of redeeming qualities, especially for younger readers and for nonbinary character representation.