<blockquote><b><i>“The thing about fate is, are you the master of your fate, or are the stars?” </blockquote></b></i> I don't know how I feel about this book. It's been a long time coming, reading this series, but now that I've done it I'm not eager to continue with it right away. It was not a terrible book, but comparing to other paranormal YA books, it was just okay. The writing is overly descriptive and the novel is unnecessarily long - it could have been 100 or so pages shorter and it would still work. The plot moved so slowly and it delved too much on the romance aspect that it left me honestly kind of bored sometimes. And it overused so many of those YA troupes, especially the one I hate the most - the girl that is different from all the others, and even though she's plain and uninteresting (or, in this case, dark and weird), the 'hot' MC is always head over heels for her and all the pretty and 'shallow' girls from school are bitches who antagonize her. Also, although the authors wanted to make something different and use a male POV, it backfired - Ethan is a poorly written and it sounds more like a teenage girl than a guy. I think the story would have been better and more interesting from Lena's POV. I liked Lena, although I thought she sounded too dramatic and angsty, but that's probably because we haven't much insight into her character. Her attitudes are understandable given what's happening in her life, but we don't know that until much latter in the book - and even then, Lena's feelings and emotions are not properly convened for the reader to feel sorry for her. The best characters, though, were Amma and Ridley. I want more on their backstory, especially Amma and Malcom's characters (I feel there are so much more to them we have yet to know about) and I'm so happy that Ridley and Link have a spin-off series all to themselves. I think it will be better than the original series. The plot is actually interesting, and the new witch mythology - or Casters, as they are called in this universe - and the whole Light x Dark is something I would like to know more about and I hope that, as the series progresses, it will be discussed. Overall, like I said before, it's not a bad book, but it's not wonderful either - it's just ok. 3 stars.

Difficult. It's not that I hate this book. I also like it a little. Just not that much. ;) It's a pity that I can't share the euphoria which goes around the Litblogs. The atmosphere in the story was depressing. Okay, it's not an easy life that Lena und Ethan have but still I think it could be less tragic at some times. I never felt that connected to the characters. Neither Ethan nor Lena. They were just.. there. At no time I felt with them. But to conclude with something positive: I love the cover! It fits perfectly to the plot and the story! Not sure if I'll read the second part.