This was a good, fast paced, palette cleansing read. As someone who normally (aka pretty much always) reads fantasy, this dabble into Contemporary Fiction was a nice change of pace for me. My heart ached for Suzie. But I was also able to empathize with her friends and family for putting in so much effort and energy into helping her, only for it to go seemingly over her had on her path of self destruction.

I think this story could've benefited from being a little bit longer - almost half of the story is the buildup of Suzie's declining mental health, and I don't think we got quite long enough of the fallout that was her running away and joining the mole people. She shows up, joins the clan, then almost immediately wants to leave and has difficulty doing so. I think Landt could've built up a lot more tension and suspense - I liked his writing style so I definitely think he had the chops to do it.

Thank you to Kevin Landt, Ryland Publishing, and NetGalley for the eARC! All opinions are my own.