So this is the first installment of a series. This is obvious because nothing much happens and a lot happens. This is to say. There is the setup of the world not just the facts but the feel of savanah the culture the history of the family. The creatures and powers that live and rule this world. Our girl moves to long lost family she did'nt know she had when tragedie strikes and her father dies. She hears and experiences she is a witch and is suposed to come into her full powers on her 17th birthday wich is only a couple of months away. She makes a friend and meets a boy and finds out there is a prophocy that may or may not be about her. We follow her go throuw indisision about wanting to be a witch and grow closer to her friends as we set up the ending of the book for a sequal.