I like Olivia Atwater a lot. Two half souls was GREAT, and such a lovely light romance too. Similarly, I got behind the light romance in this book too - we have our heroine who is smart, stubborn, has a painful past, and our grumpy butler who's actually a sweetie. The only problem with this book was I got really confused by the mechanics of this "knot" vs. fairyland. Lol, It was REALLY hard for me to visualize and understand the main conflict. At least it worked out?

Hmm. You'd think that a mystery/thriller centered around a home for unwed ladies would have really strong friendships/strong female characters. Instead, those bonds were WEAK. FICKLE. But not in an interesting Brilliant Friend way. Each character had super unclear motivations. Like, was May a good friend? Why did the purple dress girl like May so much?

This book could've shined with strong personalities and relationships, but instead it was just an OK mystery with OK characters and OK plot. Sorry!

ENJOYED! This slice of life, meandering novel was extremely relatable. There was very little conflict, but just enough to carry the story forward (Lena, Ravi, sick family). I liked these characters and their youthful-but-slowly-aging friendships.

Our heroine and her friends loved to sit in the park, or walk around, buy a six pack, yap. That honestly sounded like...home, like heaven to me! The apartment-purchasing + eventual purchase felt like the disruptor of heaven. Do those mortgages and walls make us happy?? Do they take us further from our friends? Questions I still ask myself today...