Re-read and caught up to this series and remembered why I love it so much <3 The abuse/abandonment situation with the lead's family feels very realistic & well done and I relate to Karina SO much sometimes as she works through her instinct to always put herself second and struggles to accept people's unconditional kindness without trying to do something in return. Her health issues being preventable or at least more manageable if they had been caught at an earlier stage (and they wouldn't even have been so difficult to notice if her parents had payed even a little bit more attention to her) also hits home and I love how her series explores her mixed feelings about that. Beyond that the plot going on about her disease (she's got 'Art Disease' which happens in a very small percentage of creative people where they have the ability to produce miracles with their work - in Karina's case she turn anything she draws into the real thing - but every time they do they pay a price either in their stamina, slowly losing control of a body part, or worsening of overall health until they die) is really interesting! Both in how people with art disease are portrayed (it's really easy to stop the progression of the disease - just stop making art. very few people do) and the mystery of what's causing it + their search for a cure Karina isn't really willing to wait for.