4 stars *may change

Never at any point did I imagine that ending? Like this was insane through the last bit. I thought the book was a little predictable yet still fairly enjoyable and engaging at first, but I literally could not have imagined what was going to happen later on. I swear we switched genres at some point. I wouldn't necessarily call this gothic as it suggests, but I also don't have any other word for it. It's sweet sometimes, but also funny, charming, grotesque, and outright weird. I don't think there are many words to describe the experience of reading it. If you don't mind a bit of insta-love-ish (it's young adult, so what do you expect? although it didn't really read like YA for most of it to me) and can sit down to read some crazy stuff go down in one sitting...yeah pick up this book.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced reader's copy.