Review: I truly wanted to love this book.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2012
But only ended up liking it.  After reading the reviews, I figured that if it was a Harry Potter type story, then I'd be giving it a five-star rating for sure.  Now don't get me wrong---it was a quick and enjoyable read.  The idea of a college for paranormals of different types was good.  The species of the various dorms were good.  The main character was the issue with me.  She jumped back and forth from a clueless nerd to a belligerent and rude teen (yes, I realize that she's a college teen, but one has to LIKE the main character in this type of story. )  And it wasn't just my failure to like this girl, it was also the lack of getting a good feel for her appearance or personality.  At the end of the book, I still was not sure if I even knew what she looked looked like.  I had a better handle on some of the supporting characters than I did for Charlotte.  The one character that I did'nt have much trouble visualizing was the mean Vampire professor (who, in my mind at least, looked like Harry Potter's dark and greasy mean professor....So in some ways I can say that I enjoyed this book, in other ways I was disappointed.  But overall I did enjoy it  enough (I guess I'm just a kid at heart) that I wasted no time ordering the second book in hopes that the character development would improve enough so I'll actually care if the demons finish her off!  In conclusion, I would give this a 3-1/2 star instead of four, but I'm optimistic that the next book will improve as the plot continues.