I was told this was marauders-esque so I had to do it. I enjoyed it! I thought the end left a bit to be desired, but it’s a series so that’s fair. It’s dark-academia adjacent. I’m easily enamored with the occult and anything harboring a posh countenance, so I was on board relatively quickly. I found most of the characters to be rather half-baked, but there was a plethora of people to care about and, again, it’s a series so I’m certain they’re fleshed out later. I was hoping for more drive? Like more reasoning from the characters? We understand why the main guy aches to find the leylines, but everyone else seems to only be doing it because he is? Unless I missed something somewhere. Also, I did not give a single fuck about Whelk. He was simply a Bad Man. No real moral turmoil there. I found him impeccably uninteresting and the threat of his involvement held no real stakes for me as a reader. All that aside though, there are two sets of found families in this and I adore both of them. It’s incredibly charming and I probably will read the rest of them. I can not, in good conscience, give this four stars. It’s better than just A BookTM though, so it sits at 3.5