Rating: 4/5 
 ***This review is spoiler-free*** 
 I really enjoyed Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall series, so when I spotted this book by the same author when I was browsing in the public library, I decided I would pick it up. It was even better when I realized that it was set in the same world and it was based around the Brannick family, who you meet in the Hex Hall series. I thought I would try this spin-off series, and I really enjoyed this book. 
 Hawkins always seems to write likeable characters, at least in my opinion. While I was sad that I didn't get to experience Sophie's sarcastic snarkiness, the other characters in the book most definitely made up for it. 
 For starters, I really love the name Isolde. It probably has something to do with the fact that I've never seen that name before, and it just sounds cool to me, for whatever reason. Izzy has never been to high school, and at first I expected her to be painstakingly naive, but thankfully while she shows some naivety, it wasn't overbearing. Izzy meets this boy Dex at school, and I found the romance between them really cute. In fact, Dex overall was just really cute. We get to see a lot more of Torin in this book, who happens to be one of my favourite characters. He's just so sarcastic and amusing and it's like having another version of Sophie, except inside of a mirror. 
 I've always loved books that have a casual writing style to them and is written in a way that a teenager really thinks. I realize that the story itself was quite slow for the first part of the book, but it didn't really bother me all that much because I loved Hawkins' writing style. 
 I would definitely recommend this book to somebody who enjoys reading books about the paranormal. It's quite a quick read, so even if you end up not liking it, you wouldn't have wasted too much time. If you plan on picking this book up, I'd definitely recommend the Hex Hall series first, even though it isn't necessary. Overall, I wasn't blown away, but to me, it was still a good read.