This is what I was hoping “One Dark Window” would be like. I really enjoyed the spooky vibes of the town and the witches magical abilities. All of the relationships with the characters felt believable and I was rooting for our characters. I did have a feeling about the ending but it felt more like a cozy scary bedtime story because the beginning of the book let us know that the story would sound familiar so I honesty didn’t mind. The beginning also gave an opportunity for self reflection about the overall themes - like why does it all seem familiar - because we see these things happen so often? Maybe it’s happened to you? - things like: blaming the unknown instead of critically thinking, mob mentality, finding it easier to hate something than look for a solution, etc. I do think Schwab has gotten better at tackling big themes/topics in their later works but this was for sure a fun read. I would have just given it a 3.5 but the novels at the end about Coal/William bumped up my review!