This book is fairly derivative (hello, Harry Potter), but creative enough to be an entertaining read. The writing is fine, but way too much telling instead of showing (there's too much use of the ol' one character telling another character the back story instead of allowing the characters' history to unfold throughout the story). Not at good as The Caster Chronicles books in terms of this type of book, yet better than a lot of others out there. I'll read the sequels because there were enough twists, turns and loose ends of which I actually cared to see a resolution. With that said, this would probably make an awesome movie (I'm too lazy to google and see if that's in the works): flying demon motorcycles, knife fights, family drama, etc.