While I still love the series, I had a lot of problems with this book in particular. Things just weren't clicking for me at all.
Partly it's because I still don't like the format change. I am starting to like it being told from multiple perspectives because I love hearing what makes the other characters tic, but the fact that every perspective is in first person except for Claire's will forever get on my nerves. I can easily jump from perspective to perspective, but I cannot jump from first to third person like that. Not only does it drive me insane, but it is confusing as hell, that's the point of consistency.
Aside from that quip (that I'm sure I'll have with the next book as well), there was something about the story itself that wasn't working for me. I want to say that it didn't quite seem like it had the fear necessary for the story line. Everyone seemed to be worrying about the wrong things and wasting a lot of time. They did a lot better locked in the library in Blacke than they did locked in Town Hall in this book. And even the characters just seemed off for me. I don't feel for them as much.
I did buy the next book as a pre-order, but I have a feeling it'll be sitting on my book shelf for awhile while I catch up on some other series that have been waiting for me throughout the entire Fall semester of school. Only a few more weeks before Spring semester starts...
