The House in the Cerulean Sea

From the start, the writing pulled me into the story. It is a typical story of opening your perspective and acceptance. You know what will happen in this story but the writing is good at being light-hearted and easy to understand. I had to look up the age range for this book as it does talk down. I really thought this book was for elementary school kids but it's listed as a young adult novel.

The story itself was ok and reminded me of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna. Although I did like that book better as it had better characters and did a little more with the story. The story brings up serious subjects like child abuse and children being taken from their homes. It is understood that this is not to be accepted but it only focuses on a small group of kids when it mentions multiple cases.