This book was a little slow going, and I seriously considered putting it down for good. I am so glad that I didn't! After its' blah start it grew more intense with each page. 
I was captivated somewhere around chapter 3 and upon finishing the book, absolutely dismayed to find that I had managed to take out the third but not the second book in the trilogy. Color me frustrated when I already know I cannot go the library anytime soon; thanks in part, to homework, as well as the snow deluging from the sky right now.