I'm not generally a fan of YA fantasy and this book perfectly encapsulates why. It used to be when a human had the chance to go to fairyland or some other magical place they were as excited as I would be. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I don't want to read about a whiny teenager who hates everything about magic and whines about missing American Idol. She is always scared and screaming and angry. Where is the joy and magic in that? 
 Also it seems like magic is always the bad guy now. Humans aren't particularly awesome, in fact, in general human beings are horrible. Treating them as sacrosanct purely because they are human is ridiculous. And having the magic users "improved" by their association with this stupid, whiny half-human girl....my eyes they roll. 
 I will need to get over my general annoyance with the book before I read on, if I read on.