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Pre-review: I’m only 160+ pages into the story and so far the character’s setting reeks of Twilight. Two love interests, one good boy and one bad boy. Typical much?

The pacing is slow but it isn’t anything too unreasonable, I will see how this will go.

Actual review here:

I'm not a fan of the main romance but at least I'm glad the cliche isn't overdone and every involved parties in the teenage love triangle are treating everyone else with respect and maturity so far. At least no one is declaring their undying love to anyone else so far. Plus the bad boy isn't a jerk who mistreats everyone and the golden boy (view spoiler)[ might not be so golden (hide spoiler)] after all, I like it.*sighs of relief*

The magical elements in the story is the best part of this book, the murder mystery isn't bad but it isn't very good either.

The mysterious Lynburn family and its members have some nice setting going for them: a privileged family feared and envied by the townies, a pair of twin sisters fighting over one man, dark family secret and weird town history, etc etc. Though it isn't some Anne Rice level of greatness here but it's quite outstanding for a YA paranormal series.

What I found to be a bit puzzling is the heroine's name, Kami Glass, she has a Japanese grandmother so her mother (a non-Japanese woman married to a half-Japanese guy, I gather) decided to give both the girl and her younger brothers a Japanese name to honor their ancestry. However, in Japanese 'kami' usually means 'god' or 'hair' or 'paper' or 'above', which is a very strange choice for a girl's name.

I'm not saying I know Japanese well and I know every single possible meaning of the word 'kami' but I Googled all the commonly used meanings of the word and I couldn't find one that looks like a girl's name. Her younger brothers' names, Ten and Tomo (which usually means 'friend' or 'friendship') at least makes a lot more sense.

The heroine's female friends, Angela and Holly, I think they are okay-ish but they so far are only those typical YA best-friends, that's it.

I do like the ending but the revealing of the murderer looks quite underwhelming, anyway I'm reading the next book.