Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free digital copy of this book for exchange for an honest review.

Odessa takes place after a massive earthquake that ruined and forever changed the Western half of the United States. Ginny, short for Virginia, receives a letter and package from her long-gone mother for her 18th birthday. Deciding to make the long quest to find her, Ginny leaves her brothers, friends, and her father behind as she heads to San Fransico. Along the way, Ginny's group grows and she meets people who will say they will help her on her quest. However, things don't always go as planned.

I'm not totally sure what to think about this. I didn't know this going on but apparently this is only book one of a series so my feeling about the ending partially come from lack of conclusion. I loved the art of this book and greatly enjoyed the colour palette. The book was definitely heart-warming and a wholesome story about a kid looking for her mother. There was also a nice LGBTQ+ surprise.

However, overall, it fell kind of flat. The characters are a little basic, Ginny is the typical big sister who is just "trying to do what is right" when it clearly isn't always right. I really enjoyed Four Dollars, he showed a lot of character development from his stated past and through the novel. The plot itself was ok, it kind of felt like not much had happened in the over 300 pages. Like I said before, maybe if I knew going in this was part of an unfinished series maybe I would felt better about the end but it could maybe have been shorter. I was also left a little shocked about the fantastical elements of the book, it maybe could have been done without.

As of now, I'm torn on if and when the sequel comes out if I will read it.