Status Updates From The Haunting of Quist House...

Ok, WTF... Yes, it did manage to surprise me with the target. But its completely out of left field.
The author can likely justify or explain it in the last 20%, but honestly I no longer care.

Well... didnt quite expect the revelation about the girl... but at least the true target was obvious.

Sigh... Another instance of secrets screwing everything up.
And more sneering.
And at least someone should have recognized the child's obvious lie...
I certainly hope I finish this book soon.

I'm going to do a word count after finishing (if I remember) to see how many times the author said someone "sneered".

Also, while I understand needing someone with an emergency override, wouldn't it make more sense to simply have a time lock?

Well, I certainly didn't expect that cause, but I guess I should have.
That being said, I dont actually think he wants the girl... I think he's after the MC.

Hooray! Male MC has realized they are doing everything wrong!
I did a quick google of Ixaal but didn't find anything, though at least the character recognizes the name!
I did find a few similar sounding things... I'll be curious to learn if it was a name mistake by the author or if it was something she just made up. (Or if my googling in fact failed me)

I don't think "sneered" means what the author thinks it means... unless it has a different meaning "over the pond"?