The Truants

i think the pacing of this book started out brilliantly—slow moving, beautifully described, and a decent enough cast of characters to keep me invested. and then the latter part of the book moves in, where every character that isn't a part of the main trio is sidelined and forgotten and the plot just kind of...falls apart? i'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but i wouldn't have a problem if other characters were sidelined for the sake of main characters, if the main characters had more substance to them. beautifully written though, i'll give it that much.