3.5 stars actually. The book was a little different from what I expected.  While it was set in a current time period, so much about it made it seem like it was actually in the past.  That messed me up a bit at times.  The magic was definitely interesting, and there were some very unique characters.  I wanted a bit more with Nikki, but it was kind of filled in more towards the end, so that helped.  There were lots of clues sprinkled throughout the story as to what really happened, and some were good clues, some were dead ends in a way, because they got you off track for what was really happening or had happened.  I don't feel like I can talk too much about the actual story, as I don't want to give away anything that actually happened, because I feel like you need to read it all in order and let the plot unfold.