Status Updates From Elfhame (Darkwood Chronicle...

Lately I've been reflecting on what makes a good book; Why is this story in a few pages already better than every other YA I've read? I think the answer is: because the author is not a try-hard. She's telling us Mara's story without trying to make Mara a victim or a badass from the get go. I apppreciate that.
The omnicient narrator also helps, I'm over the first person POV in YA. I hope this book does not disapoint.