Three words: BLACK. GIRL. MAGIC.

This YA fantasy novel was phenomenal! I loved this so much and can't wait to read the next two books!

I really enjoyed pretty much all of the characters, except for the main villain, Alice's mom, and Alice's best friend, Courtney, at times. I ended up liking her in the end though.

Alice is such a strong female protagonist and I think it would be a great read for teenage girls to read, especially BIPOC teenagers. It is seriously such an empowering book!

I removed a 1/2 star because the first 50 pages were kind of boring and I really didn't get hooked easily. But I'm glad I stuck it out!!!

I'm typically not a fantasy reader, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one and will be reading more fantasy in the future!