The truth about unicorns.

I am a sucker for certain kinds of stories; so read the 5/5 as I liked the book, rather than a claim that this book is really good (I do think it is good: but not sure where I'd put it on a scale of things).

I read it a long time ago, so cannot give a detailed review.

Here are some of the things I liked about it. Patterns repeat across generations; sister loved; sister scorned; and the patterns have weird consequences. I also really related to the emotions of some the characters, the teenaged protagonist in particular.

I also like the deliberately unresolved hints at the fantastic.

After re-reading I am no longer sure that the hints at the fantastic are deliberately unresolved. Rather I now believe that Reynolds gives subtle but unambiguous hints as to what is magic and what is not.