I try to be consistent with rounding down partial stars, so while I think this book deserves more than two stars, I also don't want to give it three. Three stars is an "I liked this" review, and I'm sorry to say that I didn't. 
 I'm a lifelong New Yorker who lives in Westchester and spends a good deal of time in the city, and my favorite part of the book by far was the setting. I loved the characters traveling the same ways that I travel, visiting the same places I visit. During Toby and June's visit to the Bronx Zoo, I could imagine exactly where they were and what they were seeing. The many mentions of the Cloisters reminded me of my own visits there. So in that way, I did connect with the book and the characters. Also, I liked Ben the D&D player. That was cool. 
 Otherwise, I didn't much engage with the characters. I've found that I usually don't enjoy stories about young adults, because young adults are kind of jerks. I know, I was one. Most of us were. It was an overwrought, angsty time. Being an adult is far preferable. So when I read these types of books, I just can't understand why I should be trying to get back into the head of a character like this. It's a type of storytelling that works for a lot of people, and that's awesome. But it usually doesn't work for me. I just want the character to grow up already. :-/