2.5 stars 
 This is yet another book that I was very enthusiastic about in the beginning, but then my critical thinking kicked in and ruined all the fun. Again. Sometimes I wish I could turn it off, but the more books I read, the more impossible it gets. 
 I liked the boarding school setting and the mythological aspect of the story, and I really, really tried not to judge our female lead Gwen too harshly, but she made it nearly impossible. Probably because Gwen herself was way too judgmental for my taste, labeling people right and left. Seriously, it looked like there were no normal nice kids in the academy, and every girl was a bitch or a slut, or some combination of both. Well, except for Daphne, who stopped being a bitch only after she became friends with Gwen. Figures. Obviously, that's not a way to view other people if you want to make friends with them. 
 Also, I found it hardly believable for a supposedly smart person who was practically surrounded by magic to live in such denial of all things supernatural and mythological, and to have such a condescending approach in regards to every mythology related subject at her school. Seriously, Gwen? Magic mumbo-jumbo? 
 And I felt like the definition between good and evil was too simplistic. Us versus them. Good gods against a bad god Loki. One evil guy among the saintly Pantheon. Now, mythology is not a subject I'm good at, but can we really classify all other deities as do-gooders? Can we? I don't think so. 
 Of course, there were also things I enjoyed. This book was entertaining and written with humor, with just the right amount of sassiness. Gwen wasn't overly snarky and her POV made me laugh sometimes. (I can't help but compare her to Jessie from Darker Days, who was so excessively snarky it was irritating). 
 Vic the sword was a fun character, grumpy and brutally honest. I wish we had a little more from his POV. 
 And I liked the idea of illusions and how it was realized in the story. 
 "...Once a person believes in an illusion, it's real to them. Once you believe in something, you give it life and form and substance." 
 I'm not going to comment a lot on the love interest Logan Quinn yet. What do we learn about him? He's a man-whore. (Is there really anyone who is not a whore in this freaking academy!?? LOL.) He has a knack for killing anything with any weapon. He is strong and scary, sexy and beautiful (according to Gwen). And he obviously has some BIG secret. I think I know who/what he really might be. But maybe I'm wrong. We'll see.