3.5 stars 
 "I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen." 
 Miss Peregrine turned out to be quite a different read from what I initially expected. I picked it up anticipating a fast paced, scary YA read that's perfect for Halloween, and it soon became obvious that it's in fact a mildly spooky middle grade book. 
 To be fair, it was quite enjoyable, and even if it didn't have the scare factor that I was looking for, it was still entertaining and I loved the premise of the story and how the author used the antique photographs. 
 The writing wasn't fast paced, but it was certainly atmospheric and extremely vivid and eloquent, with just the right amount of wit and sarcasm. 
 I loved reading about the home and the special talents of these children, but while I found the overall story and side characters to be engaging, the same can't be said for Jacob, our narrator and the main character of the story. 
 Jacob is a 16 year old boy, whose voice sounds more like a 12 year old. He is naive, whiny and at least to me, completely unrelatable. 
 The lead romance was unappealing as well for several reasons that I can't list here so I don't spoil anyone. Suffice to say that these two shouldn't be together and I found their relationship to be quite disturbing. 
 There is one big problem with this book - it was marketed as YA and the main character is 16, but it would work so much better if the protagonists were younger. The whole tone of the story was naive and I could see kids from age of 10 upwards reading it, so the forced romance and the older characters felt out of place. 
 Overall this was a vivid, imaginative read with a couple of faults. 
 Even though I'm not convinced by the main character, I'm still attached to some of the side characters and it will be interesting to see where the story will go after that ending!