recommended to me by my mom :) 

super compelling world, mostly compelling characters but seemed very incomplete. the magic had no explanation, it would just happen from out of nowhere which made it seem like kind of a cop out at times. like oh, you can just do that? okay but how and why and when did you get these powers that just kind of showed up conveniently to save you in that moment? 

with all that being said it ended on a big cliffhanger and I am excited to read the next one