The Book Spoiler Alert!
An easy page turner with a plot along the lines of something you may already be familiar with - a sort of Romeo and Juliet, where Ethan is a Mortal and Lena is a Caster and where small town mindedness and High School posturing are just some of the problems. Its a mix of Buffy (librarian), Carrie (Prom night) and the Craft. Sometimes familiarity is comforting, however, and the knowing references and self-deprecating humour worked well.
The whole cast of Casters and Mortals were well drawn and the main characters are ones that you feel sympathy and a connection with.
The whole story hinges on Lena's sixteenth birthday, where she will either become light or dark and where the fate of her whole family and her relationship will be decided.
The near 600 pages build up to this climactic event, so it is a bit of a disappointment when such a simple thing as the moon not being out (caused by cloud of Lena's own making) derails the ages old curse and the choice is put off for another year. What's to stop Lena doing the same again every year? I will have to read the sequel to find out..
