The protagonist is sooooo whiny. She seriously detracts from the book, which has a pretty cool plot. I felt like she was just a person to follow through a bunch of very interesting events happening all at once, and that if she wasn't in the book that there would still be an interesting story. Even though I'm giving this 2 stars, I'm still going to finish the series because maybe she'll grow up. Also I already checked the books out and put them on my nook.