Silas brought this up to 4 stars for being just the absolute best character ever. He was amazing and everyone should read this book for his awesomeness alone.

Now, I have to admit, this book took a bit for me to warm up to, and I almost DNF'd it. But that was before Silas, and then he came into this book and made every scene special and added a really necessary element to it. The relationships became more dynamic with him involved, and I'm just so happy I stuck it out.

The story really picks up after about 100 pages and I started really liking Elisabeth and Nathaniel after around that point as well, which really helped with my overall enjoyment of the story.