Something is wrong with Ezra—and it isn’t the kind of wrong you can pray away. Ever since her fifteenth birthday, the world has begun to slip. Questions about who she is are met with silence, while a strange hum follows her through the city and into her dreams. When a mysterious street vendor offers her a path to the truth, Ezra is drawn into the shadows of Central Park, where an ancient secret waits. But some truths come at a terrible cost. As Ezra peels back the layers of her reality, she uncovers a horrifying secret buried beneath years of silence and fear. And she soon learns that the greatest horrors aren't hiding in the shadows. They're hiding in plain sight.
Overall, there's a lot to like with this read. The fact that this spends as much as it does dwelling on the main girl, looking deep at the lifestyle she lives in, creates an immensely sympathetic portrayal as we follow along with her life and those around her. With everything here involving this working through the kind of secret-keeping and duplicity that others are creating, which allows the whole thing to be really intriguing as it goes along, the world-building that goes along here tries to piece together the way of life she has. The brevity it accomplishes this with is incredibly effective, using a series of events in the way to get this brought together, learning more about her so that the final half turns this into an immensely shocking and unexpected twist, which is one of the most harrowing concepts featured here to turn this around on its head. The idea of this is well-constructed and makes tons of logical sense within the narrative, making it even more effective as well, and about the only issue here is the reaction to the abuse and trauma this represents, as its openness to deal with such an issue might not be something all will be willing to dive into.
5/5
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