I hadn't read any books by this author before. I picked it up because it had a really interesting premise: the modern world but with public awareness of witches.
The setting definitely proved interesting and well thought out: witches weaved into different parts of history and modern society. I also loved the way magic is actually described and used - not with ease as is often the case. Some parts of the plot were a little unbelievable for me: leaving the breaking and entering to one teenage boy, with the risk of arrest and torture, didn't make any sense to me (classic example of splitting-up and failing).
As far as the characters went; most ended up feeling fairly flat and stereotypical to me. There were the Thugs, the Well-Meaning Officials, the Bigoted Idiots and plenty more. Luckily I didn't really have time to focus on them with the fast pace of the story. As for the main characters, I loved Lucas. You understood perfectly the struggle he was going through and really rooted for him. Glory, on the other hand, grated after a while. She started off quite interesting but became, if not arrogant, then certainly overly cocky. Still, she wasn't your average teenage heroine and I did manage to stand her until the end of the book.
It's definitely fast-paced and with plenty of drama, but it didn't quite have me on the edge of my seat. There aren't many things I could pick out that I found I didn't like about it; it just didn't quite seem to pack enough of a punch. Certainly readable but not memorable.
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