The entire premise of this book is extremely engaging, a young girl with magic that when she kills, a creature takes on their powers, however, it turns very dark. When you find out that not only does she take their powers, but she takes their soul..
The author really shines when she describes what it’s like to see through the eyes of each of the animals you can feel their pain and the pain of the FMC.
The MMC is an orphan who uses humor to try and cover his deep and crushing grief and anger. You feel all his feelings.

I don’t think you will hate anyone as much as her father who take the title of wurst dad/father figure firmly from Arobynn.

Parts of the book with interactions with her father are genuinely tough to read he is so evil, I found myself skimming and not wanting to feel those feelings. The author being so descriptive was definitely a catch-22 in those scenes.

All in all, I found the book very good but very very dark and I’m not sure if I’d read the next book in this series for that reason. I need more light in my books.