I truly wanted to love this but it might be one of my most disappointing reads of 2024 so far. There are many many things with potential or that were handled well, unfortunately it didn’t make up for the reading experience for me.

On the one hand:
I love the premise
I always enjoy seeing tarot used in fiction and it’s so prominently featured 
The casual and consistent communication and respect surrounding pronouns is so refreshing 
The disability and neurodivergence rep is also strong, which I love..

However on the other hand:
I couldn’t connect with the writing style at all, which held me back from connecting with the characters.
The social interactions and internal thoughts of the characters were really one dimensional and robotic.
Then in contrast, some of the actions are cartoonishly exaggerated (I’ve noted grinning & thumbs up three times, as well as smacking her forehead dramatically when someone outed her real name).
The voice in my head as I read is also sounding monotone, flat and stilted but I can’t put my finger on why.

The result was me just reading without absorbing or wanting to put the book down and read something else, which I ended up doing many many times. It took me over 2 weeks to finish. Really disappointed in my reaction as this book sounded so good to me in theory 🥺 if it wasn’t one of my book club and challenge picks, I would have DNF.