Finished chapter 3! Not sure if I have a whole lot of language thoughts to add, but I’ll chime in on the story opinions, haha.
Kate seems like the kind of person I would really hate to be around personally, especially as a child or a teen 
. As someone who strongly needs to have my schedule planned out as much as possible, being around someone like her would stress me out a lot… Can’t deny that she makes for an interesting character, though.
Definitely feeling a bit of the magical realism with the plausibility of Alex’s parents sending him off to hunt a dangerous beast. Especially since if it’s any sort of officially sanctioned research project, they’d likely face all sorts of issues trying to involve a minor 
. But that’s no fun for YA novel premises.
