I don't know why, but it took me so long to get into this. I did really like the characters though. They were written in a way that you get to know enough of all the peculiars, but not in a way that you get to know too many names and forget who is who. When the action eventually happened I couldn't put it down anymore. It also got a bit creepy and I was totally freaked out since I'm a wuss haha.