This one seemed shorter than the previous two books. The overall movement of the story did not grab me as well as the first two books. I don't think the boyfriend/girlfriend interests helped. And with how they are placed it felt a bit muddled. Celia and Jasper both really disappointed me in characters. Even Rufus a bit. I keep hoping he would step up as a Master. 
 The kids keep making the same mistakes which is also frustrating. Don't get me wrong on this. I still enjoyed it, I just didn't love it. It barely made 4 stars. And the ending was way to rushed in the last 15 pages and now I really want to get my hands on the next book in the series but it isn't out yet!