I really did not like this book, and I'm a big fan of YA Fantasy.

All of the characters felt very flat, and that every single interaction between characters was a battle of sarcasm and sass was wearing-bordering-aggravating instead of humorous. The insights into characters that we do get are really just there for shock value...

It was worse than any horror movie, worse than her worst nightmare, worse than everything bad she'd ever seen—and Claire had seen her grandmother's dried out organs, when the platform that her casket rested upon during viewing hours had collapsed and spilled her body.

I mean, what?

The main character, Maria, really doesn't seem to take the situations she finds herself in all too seriously and I had a hard time believing she was 19. She isn't even the edgy sort of irreverent; she comes across as wholly incompetent and even when the author(s) try to convince the reader that Maria really does care... it falls flat amidst all of the sarcasm and repeated sentiments of, "omg, my grandpa is so weird, my life is so weird, all of this is just TOO WEIRD and SCHIZO."

Maybe I'm too old for this or I'm missing something completely, but I'm honestly shocked that this book is so highly rated. Glad I borrowed it from Amazon instead of dropping money on it!