So, this was one of those books that was massively hyped, and in my opinion, fell completely flat on its face, or in this case on its cover. 
 Normally, I have to say, the masses have good taste and opinion, but this time I have to disagree. 
 I was recommended to read this by a friend and I did, pretty much, over a year ago. 
 I saw this in the library a bit before my friend read it and recommended it to me, and I picked it up. It had a different, weird-ish cover and the blurb didn't really draw me in. But because my friend liked it, I decided to give it a go. 
 The idea of including photos, weird and different ones albeit, was very intriguing and interesting and different. I didn't like the photos, per se, and thought it was all a bit too try-hard but there you go; it was a very good concept with tons of potential. 
 But then it all goes downhill from there. The beginning was ok; it did draw me in and make me want to read more. But after a couple of chapters or so, it just got really dull for me. It did pick up again at times but overall, the writing, descriptions and just the general world were boring. The plot doesn't really go anywhere. It all felt too drawn out. 
 And I didn't like or connect very much with the characters at all. It did have redeeming qualities though so I could give it 2 stars; namely as I said before about the photos but also the concept of going into a different time/world and the fact that I did get through it till the end, even though it took quite a few tries and re-borrowings from the library. 
 So overall, this book was one that was massively hyped which I found massively disappointing. I am pretty sure when I say I am not going to continue on with the series; it may and probably will get better but after this first one, I'm not gonna try.