This book honestly has so much potential. The beginning was creepy and instill an eerie atmosphere. I can fathom Jacob's anger and fear and depression over the death of his grandpa. the novel went well until he discover the peculiar children. From there, the plot become a drag and detail mostly the lovely, sunshine life of the peculiar children. The whole eerie, creepy set up seems to collapse. 
 1. Worst of all is the romance between Emma and Jacob, completely rush and has no chemistry whatsoever. It is somewhat unrealistic that Emma was grieving over the death of her former lover - Abe, then suddenly falls in love with Jacob, his grandson. At least leave some pages to portray her insecurity and struggle after Abe's death and her guilt of loving Jacob because he reminds her of her lover. She just met him for a few days, and baam! 
 2. The peculiar children has ZERO characterization. They had fascinating ability, but that is the only extent we got to see about them. I am not saying that all characters are required to be three-dimensional but at least one must be. Emma is "hot" and acts all Amazon-women-warrior like. Millard and Bronwyn and the other guys I can't remember has no attributes. we know their talents, but what are they like? Sarcastic? Witty? Intelligent? Insecure? Courageous? Hell, I don't know. They all act similarly and once their names fade from the pages, I have no impression or memory of them whatsoever. 
 3. Inconsistency 
 Jacob's negligence of his parents! He walks away so easily, almost without a burden that I feel frustrated of his almost apathetic attitude. I want to see his struggle between leaving a life behind and accepting a more difficult life forward. The author excused this for constantly reminding the readers of how boring Jacob's life was and it is alright for him to leave his family before. 
 Plus: the children, who was supposedly 80 years old, sounds nothing like 80 years old. They joke around childishly and whine when Miss Peregrine forbade then to leave the school in fear of the wight. Why do you whine when you know how dangerous the situation are right now? It's so immature! They're supposed to be old and experienced right? But they aren't experienced at all. After freaking 80 years and fighting with monsters and they had no experience at all! 
 Overall, I like the beginning most. I feel like Jacob was a human and I have sympathy for him. The mystery was intriguing. But when Jacob met the children, we revert back to the old trope of fantasy YA. Romance and hero standing in the spotlight... etc. The action was alright,not too bad but not really that special. I think because the middle of the book was so tedious that it curtails my excitement for anything happens next. I know that Jacob is going to win...and poetic justice :( 
 Sigh... such an interesting concept, but poor execution.