I was really excited to read this one - and for the first fifty pages or so, it was everything I wanted it to be. The writing was good, the tone was eerie and the mystery of the accident season was intriguing. Beyond that, everything kind of fell apart. Not going to lie, I skimmed through the last quarter of this book, but I think I picked up on all the major points. I considered DNFing it about halfway through, but by that point I felt like I had invested too much time to not know how it turned out. 
 1) For a family so concerned about getting hurt during the accident season, they sure do a lot of risky stuff. At one point the protagonist (Cara) and her friend decided to throw a party in a rickety, rotting old house they found. I mean, you would think they'd be worried about it collapsing or something. At another point, Cara and her ex-stepbrother Sam walk onto a frozen over river in the middle of the night. They don't tell anyone where they're going and they don't stop for even a second to consider that the ice might be unstable. (view spoiler)[When it cracked, a tiny part of me hoped they'd fall in. (hide spoiler)] 
 2) The characters are kind of bizarre. It's hard to describe, but none of their personalities feel very tangible, like they're just kind of floating aimlessly around. I felt pretty neutral towards most of them. Cara herself is a pretty unremarkable heroine. Alice was a bit of a puzzle, a little more interesting. Bea probably had the most spunk out of all of them, but I did not understand why (view spoiler)[She kissed Cara if she was actually in love with Alice. And I don't get why Cara kissed her back and then kissed her again later in the book. It's like she does it, then basically forgets about it and goes back to thinking about Toby and Sam. I was just like, what? (hide spoiler)] 
 3) I actually liked the drama of the romance - it felt very forbidden to me. Sam and Cara had decent chemistry. Cara also had another love interest in Toby, and honestly I felt like his character added absolutely nothing to the story. 
 4) For about fifty percent of the book, nothing really happens. People have some accidents, sure, but because of the premise and title of the book you're already expecting that. I expected the mystery to keep me compelled to read to the end, but even the big reveal didn't make much of an impression on me. By that time, I think I just kind of lost interest in what was going on. Though I did love the creepy detail of Elsie (Cara's old friend) showing up in every one of her pictures for no reason. 
 5) The writing itself has a lyrical feel to it, which is nice. But in the second half the of novel, I usually had no idea what it was talking about. Cara sees a group of people once on a train dressed up as like a faery and a mermaid and then she randomly starts talking about them throughout like they're actual people in her lives. There was also a story about a wolf that led to writing about how other people were wolves and I just . . . Ugh. My head was spinning. 
 6) Just to emphasize my earlier point: Most of the time, this book makes no sense whatsoever. I can get on board with some weirdness; I generally like magical realism. But the thing is, it has to tie together in some reasonable way, and the Accident Season just doesn't do that. 
 Some people might enjoy this quite a bit, but it was obviously not for me. 
 2 stars