the first 20% of this was great! and then when it hit the 50% mark it started loosing me and once the 70% hit i skimmed the rest. I could've sworn this was grief horror however it was 1 % of the book and was not really talked about outside of Mago's pov. I did not see the point of Lena's pov. Then there was a time jump and it was less about grief and more about nature vs nurture. This was another tell not show book and it left me thinking ok? that's all? Overall I couldn't tell you what this was really about and to label it as horror is a stretch.  If there was only the pov from Mago and Monstrilio then I probably would've enjoyed it more.