City of Ghosts

i really, really wanted to like this because i love ve schwab but this one really fell short. it could be because it is a middle grade book that all my favourite complexities of a schwab world was missing, as it kind of felt like a general outline of a great schwab story. i felt no connection to any of the characters and really didn't care what happened to them, and the plot wasn't interesting at all. BUT for the intended demographic (children ages 8-11), this could be a really fun ~spooky~ read. it could be that i was just simply... too old for this book. definitely will not be picking up the sequel unfortunately :(