The first 80% of this book had me thinking, OMG I might like YA novels afterall?? And then the decisions made at the 80% mark had me going, "here it is. Here's the frustrating young adult genre trope of terrible decision making abilitiy with literally no logical backing and just to move the story along."

But in all seriousness, the vibes and writing of the first 80% make up for the frustration of the last 20% and I am intrigued by the epilogue and will likely pick up the second book.