Loved it! Truly a coming of age story where not just a character finds their strength and their place in the world, but also their changing relationship with their parent is taken into account. The island is a safe haven, and

her 'father'  is the best and most wonderful person at the start of the book

. But life is complicated, people are complicated, politics are complicated, and we get to find that out together with the main character. I love that this isn't a 'farmboy goes on a quest with strangers' type book, her family is central to the story while she is also growing on her own. A very tricky balance that the writer definitely struck.