i really need to stop reading YA and expecting it not to be aimed at 13 year olds. i probably would've liked this more if i was in the intended age range.

that being said, i found Tarisai's bond with her ray-siblings to be very unbelievable as we only really got to know two of them well. The others were always referred to in lists or referenced, but we got to know almost nothing about the eleven closest people to Tarisai.