The book is not for children, but it's fantastic. It has a darker theme and his intense at times. This book just draws you in with the atmosphere and characters. I love the time period and the sassy main character. I have been waiting over a year for the sequel, I can't wait.

Fantastic read - very well researched period piece. One of those I wish I could read again for the first time.

Could not put it down. Read this book.

Very different then I thought it was going to be.

I came to this book expecting a young adult story with science fiction and/or fantasy elements. Instead, the subject matter of this book is inappropriate for younger readers, and the only science fiction event comes late to the story and isn't germane to the plot. Why not market it as a story about occult serial murders, since it's successful at that level?

Loved the setting, the realistic characters and all their faults. The time period was very well fleshed out. the glamour of the time is unmistakable an makes you feel ritzy just reading about it. While Mabel fulfills her role as Libba's traditional mousy quite character i feel like there is a great deal more in her future for her to brake the mold. Will's character is perfect from start to finish and is never bent to make the storyline easier for our heroin. Sam Lyod is hands down the most refreshing character i had read in a work or fiction in a great while. smart and cocky as he is funny, his character owns every second of every word. The only thing I didn't really care for was the almost Edward Cullen esq. boring quality to Jericho (the main troubled boy). I hope Libba goes the extra distance and doesn't fall into the rut that most young adult fiction has fallen into (I.e. love triangle that leads her to choosing probably the most boring character as her love interest). It gets old quick.

Not the usual drivel of this genre.