Review: Great read, to bad about the ending
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2012
This book was good, but it could have been brilliant.  The book description does not really let you know what this book is about, because really this book is about what happens when Elena and Thane get to the boarding school.  It is obvious from quiet early on that something suspicious is going on at the school, apart from classes and social events the school also has an internal challenge between students.  The book really is about Elena and Thane competing in this challenge and at the same time trying to find out what is really happening.I really enjoyed the storyline, it sucked me in.  I wanted to know what was happening, I wanted to know how they would find out, and what would happen when they did.  I liked Elena and Thane, they were both excellent characters who had stood up for themselves and others.  I also really liked the friends they made along the way.  All the characters where developed in a nice way, with nothing feeling forced.  There was a real sense of friendship nicely built between the characters also.  All these things made the book a good book to read.  I could really picture everything, and the idea's I could clearly see making a nice TV show or movie.However, it could have been a brilliant book, if for just a few things.  I did not like how quickly Thane and Elena ended up at the boarding school.  I would have liked to have seen more of them before they ended up at the boarding school, I just think this would have given more to their story and their relationship.  Secondly, it ended too quickly.  Bang it was over.  And finally, the ending was way too simplistic.  Honestly, it was a bit lame, and I am not sure I trust it, it seemed fake, which means the ending did not work for me.  I wish the ending would get re written with more bite.Having said all that though, at least it did end, and was not a cliff hanger.  Although I could see another book with these characters in it, I don't think the author has planned any.Will I read it again? YesWould I recommend it? Yes