(eARC Review) 
 I felt this book and I started off on the wrong foot, and sadly it would seem to remain so to the the end of the book. I think the biggest issue I had with this book was how troubled and clueless was the main character, Layla. 
 I felt the story plot was not a particular strong one, mainly because the mystery and suspense elements, which made the story concept seem very abstract and confusing. What has bothered me in the most part of the book, was Layla's mother, who was constantly "forbidding" Layla and Max to see each other, and given absolutely no explanations what so ever. Each time when Layla asked about Max, her mother would just stared at Layla and actually made Layla thought she was going crazy. Even when Layla was obviously under serious stress, instead of telling Layla the truth, Layla's mother would rather let Layla think she was going mental. 
 I was frustrated with this book, because how long it took Layla to be clued in. 55% into the book, Layla was still repetitive asking what was going on with her? To be honest, at that point I was bored and has pretty much lost all of my interest. No one would bother explain anything to Layla, even though it was seriously effecting her mind, which was probably why Layla's character was unstable and has angry issues. The poor girl thought she was suffering from hallucination, delusion, all because her mother would rather Layla goes mad than telling her the truth. 
 The moment when Layla finally learned the truth, all of sudden a whole lot of information started pouring in, which just confused Layla even more, not to mention it was overwhelming to read. The last part of the book was really confusing as well, I felt I was missing really important information, because the way it turned out did not quite add up. 
 Overall, this book didn't really worked out for me, there were some interesting magic creatures in the book I would've like to learn more, but the book didn't spend much time on them. I thought the information was scatter in the book, and I had a difficult time trying to get a clear story concept. Usually, I am fine with the mystery and suspense elements, however in this case I felt the book didn't executed it particular well. In the end, I was confused and didn't felt like I learned much from the book. I probably won't be reading the next installment.