This is the next story in the Wishing Day Trilogy. It is told from the perspective of the middle sister, Darya. I enjoy Darya's character. The first book had me thinking that she was kind of one dimensional, but that's not the case. She's very well rounded, and this book features a lot of growth from her, which was nice to see.

She's angry at her sister Natasha for seeing their mother without her, but then when she finally sees their mother again, she doesn't get what she expects. She feels a wide range of emotions, and not all of them are good ones.

There are hints in the plot line that Klara (the mother) may have some kind of mental illness. I suspect depression, but I could be wrong. It was only discussed on the surface, for now, but I'm wondering if that will be fleshed out or explained in the next book.

I feel for Darya, because I can relate to her anger. I felt bad, because I don't think her mother should have asked Darya to use one of her Wishing Day wishes to undo Klara's mistake.

I think Darya made good wishes, and I enjoyed her maturity toward the end of the story, especially towards her feelings on the situation with her mother.

I was happier with the ending of this story because it's much better and less abrupt than the last one.

There actually wasn't much that I didn't enjoy, save for a poorly worded section on page 142. The author describes another character with what I percieve as possible intellectual disability as "the man-child who bagged groceries" and "sweet but dull witted."

That section made me so irritated that I actually put the book down. There are much better descriptors that could have been used in this case. And honestly, it doesn't sound like the phrase a 12/13 year old would use, rather a poorly thought choice from an adult.

Other than that, I'm interested to see how this all wraps up.