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Pace is picking up. Definitely sci fi now. Some reviewers made a big deal about Elara not caring about her parents... but that's not true. She does care, and the nitpicky people who didn't like this would have complained about melodrama if Buckler had laid it on any thicker.

I'm intrigued. This isn't what I expected. It's marketed as sci fi but it feels like it's setting up a fantasy (abilities, a vision). It's the first in a series, so I know it's preparing for a larger story but this book isn't following the standard ya story beats (slow intro, no inciting incident yet)... not too surprising or alarming since it's not commercial fiction. I like the build up between Cyrus and Elara.

It isn't what I was expecting.