This was fine. I enjoyed reading about Kya and her learning about nature and becoming a scientist basically all on her own. Even though almost everyone treats her terribly, she still has a good heart and she has her own wisdom and makes a name for herself. (It's a little hard to believe, but I'll suspend my disbelief). And I liked the small kindnesses that she would get when she wasn't expecting them. But once you got to the murder mystery part where the police start to suspect Kya, I thought there was only two ways the book could end - either she did and they don't catch her, or she didn't and they lock her up - and neither seemed interesting or satisfying to me. The courtroom scenes seemed surprisingly accurate though.