Read for Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do's prompt to read 5 SPFBO non-finalists. I think this book likely sets up for a much more interesting series than it's first installment. I was really intrigued in the last 25% when the magical world opened up a little bit and we made a few discoveries. But throughout I struggled with the characters being a little flat and the story not flowing super well. Overall, this isn't super my genre anyway and for those reasons I will not be continuing!