I received this book on a read to review basis from NetGalley. Thank you to the author, J. L Weil, and the publisher, Dark Magick Publishing, for this opportunity. 
 I think this is the sort of book I would have loved whilst in my early teens as the sassy and querulous protagonist, with the every-other-page-presence of eye-rolls and huffy sighs and repertoire of invented insults for people, felt like she would have appealed to my younger self. As an older reader I found her fractious, recalcitrant and ungracious. I also felt that the story had too much instalove and teenage angst and too little plot development for my tastes. 
 This tale follows Piper, spoiled American teen, sent, with her younger brother, to live with their estranged Grandmother for the summer, following the tragic death of their mother. Their Grandmother lives on, and owns, the island of Raven Hollow, a picturesque island full of snotty, upper-class inhabitants and some spooky and unexplained occurrences... 
 I think my problem with this book stemmed from my lack of a bond with Piper: her perpetual petulant attitude made her unlikable, in my opinion, and I cared little about the outcome of her ordeals. In fact, I WANTED someone to kick her ass and give her a reason for her self-obsessive grumblings! 
 Her love interest, Zane, I found demeaning and irritating. It bothered me that Piper fell for his unearthly good looks and could overlook his frosty attitude towards her. It is all explained over the course of the novel that he is attempting to get her to leave the island, in the hopes of saving her life, but, for me, there wasn't a good enough explanation of their instant attraction towards each other. 
 I found the characters were just two-dimensional projected stereotypes and I could little empathy for them and, therefore, little interest in the outcome of the novel. 
 The plot was not an uninteresting one and, if I could have overlooked my personal dislike for the characters, I feel I would have enjoyed it. Alas, my will was weak!