The Book of Speculation

I ended up not loving this. I liked it very much, and, at some points it got a bit tedious. I liked the traveling carnival bit better. I couldn't get behind Enola at all, she just came off as a brat to me. And Simon, so indecisive. Honestly.
Elements of the story were amazing: the librarian living in a crumbling house by the sea, the carnival, the curse, the “mermaids”. What drug down the story, for me, was the love story (seriously, who cares?), the tarot cards, and the just general ennui of so many of the characters. Yay to the Electric Boy for having a personality and actually caring about something and someone.
Overall, it's readable and interesting.