The novel is one of 3, happening in one universe surrounding the family of 1 person. Vira is the first character we start off with, she is a teen around 14 at the beginning of the novel. In the universe different mythical creatures exist due to aliens coming down to earth to "cleanse" the human race but instead most of them fell in love with humans. (this is not known by most of the present day citizens) After years of this occurring we have the creation of mythical beings and "superpowers" they are seperated similarly to how race separates people today, certain cultures, religions, dialects and phenotypical traits are attributed to each power or creature. However, our main character seemingly does not have powers, although this is rare it is not unheard of, and these people are just thought to share more ancestral DNA with humans. But this breaks th main characters heart as it was her dream to be a witch like her aunt who raised her, and like her mother who she never met and passed at childbirth