I picked up this series from the library. The covers look great, and I knew it had great reviews on GR. I managed to finish the first one, but not without some herculean effort and quite a bit of skimming on my part. 
 I didn't connect with Meghan Chase once she set off on her adventure. I got her back story. I liked it and it was interesting. I wanted to know what happened to her Dad. I liked the setting and the premise was promising, but during the adventure... I just felt like she was never willing to really make any smart choices on her own. She was always leaning on either Robbie or what's his face, Ash, to really protect her and help her out. While that is fine, you'd think she'd get some training from them in survival 101, just in case she didn't have them to lean on. Her character felt weak to me. 
 The romance with Ash is ... laughable. These two have no reason to "love" one another, outside of just mutual, physical, attraction. 
 I do think that she was a bit clever in trapping Ash into helping her -- but, I dunno its hard to describe -- there was just something juvenile about the whole book and setting. I imainge tweenie girls love this book, and that's just fine with me, but it's certainly no Harry Potter in terms of quality.