Wants to be Buffy. Isn't. But comes closer than most! I appreciate a lot of things about Casey -- that she's a skater girl, that she loves parkour, that she is willing to play hard and get beat up and deals with her anger in a variety of interesting ways. I also really like that she's a cancer survivor who is fighting not to be defined by that, and that when people call her on bad behavior she deals with it.

This book is absolutely a love affair with Derby and the tough girls who play it, so if that's what you love, read it. I did not find it as funny as other reviewers have, and I could have skipped the love story, but it was much better than the premise would lead you to believe. It's no Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, but it's ok.

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