I instantly fell in love with this book because it had this perfect balance of suspense, magic, and friendship. Each of the three women is incredibly different but they all have an underlying gift that they have come into now that they have gotten older. I loved that the author made the gifts appear when the women are technically considered middle age (and in the words of some characters in the book, basically useless to society). Jo and Harriett have both confronted the injustices of a male dominated career and are a little more willing to see the worst than Nessa is. Yet together the three of them are like this unstoppable force determined to learn what happened to this girl that nobody seems to care about. As the story unfolds, the three learn that things are more complex than they originally expected. They soon find themselves in danger and must work together to stop the murder of other young girls. 

I really loved this book because it addresses a lot of societal issues in a beautiful way. I am always a fan of powerful female characters and this book had them for sure. I wasn't sure how I would feel about the magical element at first, but actually it was really interesting. The powers the women had just felt like an extention of who they were as a person. I think the suspense of this story was fantastic and I have to admit the last few chapters caught me a little bit off guard, because though I began to suspect, I thought I had to be wrong. I loved the way the author looped in this huge conspiracy type element to the story.  I think this book was a beautiful story which addressed injustices in the world we currently inhabit.