I'm wavering between a 2.5 and a 3. By the time I started reading Evernight, it had been on my bookshelf for quite a while and I had forgotten what the story was supposed to be about. That means that I did not realize this was supposed to be a vampire book, so when the big reveal finally happened I was ready to throw the book up against the wall. 
 How is it possible that for the first 150 pages this girl does not make any mention of anything remotely related to vampires (no comments about food, classes like modern technology, or anything) and then for the rest of the book that is all that there is? 
 I can see that the author was probably just trying to do something interesting, but in my opinion, it failed. Especially because a lot of what was said in the first half of the book was almost contradicted later on when everything was explained away by the little issue of the school being for vampires. One thing that comes to mind is that in the beginning Bianca is commenting on how her mother is always respected by her students, later on, she notes that all of the teachers in the school are extremely respected by everyone because they are all very powerful vampires. In the beginning she claims that the school does not have a cafeteria because it is so old and the facilities just did not exist, later on it is explained that most of the students drink blood so they never felt the need to build one. Another thing that irritated me once I finished was how, in the first half, Bianca would go on about her history and English classes and did not mention her other ones, and then suddenly when we find out that she is a vampire all she can think about are her other classes, such as modern technology. 
 Had the second half of the book been on its own I probably would have liked it better, but I felt as though I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what the plot was. Plus, then the second half, where all the action was, felt rushed. I also had a bit of difficulty believing that vampires who are centuries old would consent to being treated like teenagers all the time - maybe in front of the humans, but after hours, I had trouble buying that they would follow curfew and rules like that. That issue was driven home when Balthazar refused to do what the headmistress wanted while not on school grounds, why would ancient vampires choose to put themselves in that situation. I realize that it was kind of explained when it was stated that the vampires were stuck at that age and didn't really mature, but what teenager who had a choice, would willingly lock themselves away in a school like that with so many restrictions? 
 This isn't a book that I finished and immediately wanted to read the next one. I might continue on with the series just because I already started, but I'm not particularly fond of any of the main characters, I am curious to see how things work out but I would rather take my limited reading time and finish a series that I really enjoy for now.