Neither great nor terrible, this is a mildly amusing gothic boarding school tale. A little ridiculous at times, but entertaining. I might eventually check out the sequel from the library, but I won't be purchasing and the book won't stay on my shelf. This seems like a nit-picky complaint, but I couldn't get over the size of the font--here's this ultra-YA book with dark serious themes, and it's a font size that can be compared to Besty-Tacy--a book about five year olds. It made no sense.