I was excited to read this book because Seanan McGuire (who wrote Feed) and Cory Doctorow had blurbed it, and I enjoy what they write, and because the Strand had it propped up as some employee's recommendation, and it was compared to Buffy, and even if I was a little skeptical of the writing, I gave it a chance. In fact, I gave the whole book a chance - I made myself finish the darn thing. Even if I hadn't had high-ish expectations, I would've been disappointed. It's just chick lit with bad mythology.