"It was a strange summer, even before it became tragic."

I really wanted to love this book, because the premise is exactly the sort of thing I enjoy. In the end I did like it, the second half more so. I enjoyed the mystery of the lights, and the missing person. The language in the book was beautiful, ethereal even at times, but it also lacked umph.

I wasn't invested in the people. If I had put it down and never picked it back up again, my questions would have been about how it ended. Not because I cared about the people, but because I was curious to know how the author wrapped it up. Really, I just wanted to know what the blue lights were and what happened to the missing person.

I enjoyed the mystery element, but sometimes it was trying too hard to be mysterious. This meant, to me, that characters were always held at arms length. I wanted to care about Natasha or her Mother, but there was nothing that gave me a reason to. I will say that I liked Lewis though, he was my favourite character!

It wasn't what I was expecting, based on the summary I read. This just wasn't for me, but if you enjoy a bit of an ethereal feeling mystery and don't have to like your main character (which isn't a bad thing, I know a lot of people enjoy characters like this!) then this might be for you.