And of course, Mirabel, whose big reveal at the end was unexpected and fun, truly brought the book to life. I appreciated the author moving their relationship to the next level. I wanted to have them together at the end, but maybe it was alluded to? Sequel? I enjoyed “watching” Zachary make sense of this new world he’s discovered and all of his interactions with Dorian. My brain hurt when I was trying to figure out the time travel like the relationship between Simon and Eleanor. I really did enjoy the characters and their stories and backstories. All the keys hanging from the ceiling, the bees swarmed around the statue of the woman, the swords being branded on those chosen – all of this was so craftily written. The visuals Erin Morgenstern conjures from her beautiful words were amazing, though. And honestly, let’s face facts, it could just be because I am genuinely dumb. Like a needed an English professor to explain it to me. I definitely understood more by the end of the book, but I felt a little dumb. Let’s start with the keys…and the swords and the bees and the doors and all the symbols.
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