eGalley from publisher via Edelweiss 
 Chose to mark as DNF 4/18/13 
 Well. I made it about halfway through the book before I decided I didn't want to continue any further. I was just disappointed by so many things. 
 1. I felt like this book read younger than the standard "young adult". Our main character Lucy is fifteen years old, but often times she's rash to act and seems very naive which made her seem like a very young protagonist for the YA audience. When I think of YA, I think more along the lines of 16-18 years old or in cases like Confessions of An Angry Girl where our MC was only fourteen but she sounded mature and appealed to audiences of all ages. With Lucy in Chantress, I felt like she was very young and even the writing of the whole story felt like it was geared to a younger audience. 
 2. "Show not tell." EVERYTHING that happened, I felt like we were told what happened. Lucy gets info. Lucy tells info. Lucy gets more info. Stories. More background. I felt like there was SO little action to really grab me and pull me into the story. I felt like I was reading factsfactsfacts and nothing was really happening. 
 3. Speaking of nothing happening, where was all the magic? I made it 40% into the book before Lucy started to explore her powers (with the exception of the very beginning which was actually exciting... until nothing happened after that). If Lucy knew that she could sing to do magic, why not try to experiment on her own? Why did she need these two strangers to cajole her and encourage her? I kind of wanted her to explore her magic in private, away from prying eyes. 
 4. The secondary characters were TOO prominent. I barely got to know anything about Lucy or her past except for small tidbits here and there. I really wasn't connected to her at all. The other two guys that Lucy meets (Nat and.... I'm totally blanking on the old guy's name) seemed to be taking over the story and I was not getting much out of Lucy or figuring out her personality at all. 
 5. It's way more fantasy than paranormal. Don't get me wrong... I do like fantasy when it's done well! But I don't like fairy stories (just not my thing) and that's where this slowly started to turn. Then add in magical creatures and the like and I was losing interest fast. I was hoping the Chantress abilities would be closer to strict paranormal, like witches. The fantasy aspect let me down a lot. 
 So yes. Lots of complaints and a MAJOR let down considering this was one of my most anticipated reads of 2013. I was not connecting with the story in any way and just decided to call it quits.