3.25⭐️ This is a good book if youre new to fantasy. It’s a good book in general but I hate the miscommunication trope. Especially when they can simply say the thing and eliminate a major problem.
I was so annoyed with the vampire for not just saying that she never killed anyone.

The witch, unbearable. “I look at her veins and wonder whose blood is in them.” Girl I saw you see her slurp down a fucking squirrel the day before and then not consume blood again after that. And she also told you that she doesn’t hunt or kill people and your reaction is still ‘she has to feed off of the living in order to stay alive, she doesn’t deserve to live’. Wtf are you, a fucking vegan? Don’t you eat of the living in order to survive? Smh.
Does the mother’s obsession with Ava’s long hair amount to anything? No.
The last 45-ish percent of this book was pretty good action-wise. The bad guy “reveal” was pretty obvious, but I still had a good time. Favorite characters were Cassiopeia and Nera! Overall it was not terrible.