I saw this book, I think on a Recommended shelf at Indigo and noticed that Libba Bray had a new book out. I really liked her A Great and Terrible Beauty series. I was disappointed by Going Bovine though, but she seemed to be going back to historical fiction with a paranormal twist, so I was definitely interested. The actual hardcover, though, was huge! 
 I bought the kobobook and immediately loved the Roaring Twenties setting. Kudos to Bray on her research and immersiveness, I loved all the dialogue and general tone. 
 I get scared really easily, so I found pretty much everything with Naughty John horrifying, and I'm really hoping that now I'm done, I'll stop freaking out that some random ghost is gonna pop out of nowhere and murder me. Does that count as effective ambience? 
 One thing that didn't quite work for me was the setup of the ongoing series. It seemed a lot was made of the side characters' supernatural abilities, but in the climax of the story, it all seemed to fall to the wayside until the next book, I presume. I found it most notable with Theta's story, since she didn't get much of a wrap-up at the end. Oh, and also Isaiah was annoying, such a "younger brother"...actually, I must've missed his age because I assumed he wasn't that young, but his actions were of a much more immature child.