Walton is an interesting writer. The SF genre is new to me so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I think she had the opportunity to do much more with the fairies/elves/dead, if you're going to introduce supernatural elements then surely it's incumbent on you to do them justice, make them earn their keep/worth in the story. The climax didn't. I was led to believe there would be some spectacular and sinister confrontation between Mori and her ominous mother, there wasn't. It was an easy read, in the form of a fifteen year old's diary entries. I wasn't overly impressed by this book, it's OK, worth reading.