Started out stupid; the girl was whiney and self-absorbed, the guy was annoying and forced down my throat as gorgeous, etc. The reveal about the banshee thing felt silly and a let down. But for whatever reason I kept reading, and then I couldn't stop. >:O whyyyy 
 Maybe it was Tod. Must be Tod. >_> I guess I'll find out in the next bk whether the author still writes him interesting.