Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in the big city-- Chicago--and is sent to live and work at a swanky and stylish hotel under the watchful eyes of a group of gorgeous and shockingly young-looking strangers: powerful and alluring hotel owner Aurelia Brown; her second-in-command, the dashing Lucian Grove; and their stunning but aloof staff of glamazons called The Outfit. 
 As Haven begins falling for Lucian, she discovers that these beautiful people are not quite what they seem. With the help of a mysterious book, she uncovers a network of secret passageways from the hotel's jazz-age past that leads her to the heart of the evil agenda of Aurelia and company: they're in the business of buying souls. Will they succeed in wooing Haven to join them in their recruitment efforts, or will she be able to thwart this devilish set's plans to take the souls of her classmates on prom night at the hotel? 
 I had a very difficult time finishing this book. The description sounded very interesting to me, and not the usually vampire/werewolf/fairy novel, so I thought I would give it a try. However, the storyline is extremely slow (and I mean like snail paced). There were many times I wanted to just give up on the book, but then there would be an exciting moment, and I thought, well...maybe the story will finally begin. No such luck. There is so much description in parts of the book, and not nearly enough description in other parts. Additionally, I do not like books that continually follow the character's everyday life. Let me explain this. I like an author saying that the character went to work, and worked on her photography. I really don't mind that. But, when every other page, says the same thing, I begin to really hate the book. I don't need to know every minute detail about where a character is going, or what a character is doing. I especially don't need to read it repeatedly. 
 I ended up skipping large chunks of the book to see if it ever got better, but it didn't help. There were still really boring parts to the story all the way through. I honestly don't understand how this can be a series because I don't know where the author could take the story. The ending seemed pretty final to me, which is why I definitely won't cry over missing the next book. The two reason I gave this book 2 stars instead of one was, 1) the writing was actually very good. Ms. Agresti knows how to write, it's just she needs to cut back about half of what she is writing, and 2) the parts that were good, were very good (in my opionon). If Ms. Agresti would have simply had a little set up, and then cut right to the good parts- which would have made this book about 250 pages shorter- I probably would have given the book at least 3, if not 4 stars. 
 I can'y honestly say I would recommend this book because I felt like I wasted my money, but everybody's tastes are different, so if you like a lot of set up, and like to know everything about a character, then the book is probably for you, but otherwise I would skip this one.