I received an eARC of this through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars.

This book strongly flickered between 3 and 4 stars for me due to the writing style. The blurb for this book is really what drew me in and I was thrilled by it's gothic star crossed lovers promise, but at times the writing style let the plot down and seemed a little juvenile.

I wanted more out of the world, so many interesting races were introduced briefly, but weren't expanded on and neither was the world itself. I wanted more details about the school, classes, students and teachers. I needed more world building and a little more depth to characters. They had so much potential. It does end abruptly promising a sequel in December of this year. So there are questions left unanswered by the end, and I'm on the fence if I will continue with the series. It really does have a lot of great story promise, I just needed more details with both world building and character development.

Admittedly these are all issues that could be rectified in the final version of this, as it had so much potential.

Fans of Twilight and the early years of Buffy (think when she was age 16/17 and a bit of a lovestruck brat) might enjoy this book.