I have mixed feelings about this book.

I ADORE the premise, the social commentary, how Daisy uses her magic. 

I enjoyed the nuance of the discussions of feminism, having a hyper femme feminist MC who talks about the importance of social change on an individual level, looking out for the people who are being destroyed by the system until the system can be destroyed.

But I also felt the feminism a bit empty sometimes. Noel’s comment about how “it’s not political it’s just a pie contest” that gets left completely unchallenged - even supported multiple times throughout the book. Two things can be true, something can be silly and fun and traditional AND reinforcing unhealthy gender norms. Engaging critically is feminism. Whereas we only get the feminism that dismisses the sexism with a laugh and the feminism that dismisses the fun. I guess that made it appropriate to the 20 somethings in the book early in their feminism.

It was also annoying that Daisy acknowledged that she was acting like she had the final say on how someone was punished

and then denying a survivor her own wishes???

All that said, I loved the first half of this book and enjoyed the second.