DNF @ 48%. 

The audiobook truly shines a harsh light on how repetitive and boring this second installment of this series is, and how much this book was streeeeetched to make this a trilogy instead of a duology. The same basic scenes are repeated over and over again, leaving the readers and Stevie with no real forward momentum once she gets back to the academy. None of the side characters are written in any depth, not even Stevie's BFFs. The only saving grace here was the chapters written in the past during the original Ellingham mystery, but it's not enough to keep me going.

It's too early in the year to suffer through this. Onward to another audiobook!