When this book came out a few years back and I saw copies of it on the shelves of my favourite bookstore near where I lived I wanted to read it. It took me a while to get to it. I’m so grateful for the National Library Board (in Singapore) for purchasing and the ebooks and audiobooks of this series and making them available and accessible on the NLB Mobile App and the Libby app for I believe I might go longer without getting to read this book otherwise.

When I can, I will add this book to my book collection. I will recommend this book to my students of course.

I read this book at the perfect time I guess. It reminds me so much of the book I read right before I picked up this one—The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. Certain elements of the book were similar—the recurring condition that affected the main character’s life (the ‘curse’ in this book and the pact with the witch in the forest in The Girl Who Drank the Moon), the Chosen One trope and the Found Family trope.

I find that I enjoy this book slightly more than the other but each book I find has it’s own points that made me enjoy them so.

The storytelling is crafty and the reveal of the mystery surrounding Morrigan Crow’s situation were done at the perfect timing. The writing was easy to get into. I love the audiobook. I recommend, as always, where audiobooks are available to read the physical book / ebook together with the audiobook as it enhances the reading experience.

5 stars without a doubt.