The follower and wannabe best friend Devlin (the 'humorous' parts of the book). The secondary characters are actually more interesting: He does not have the substance and the personality of Kane, Meoraq, Azrael, Sanford. The main male character is weak - although he tries to be (unconvincingly) a strong demon. I did not like listening to her thoughts and her reasoning. I did not like getting lost inside her head and her Panic Room.

She manages to look like a pathetic, cold-hearted bitch who is angry with everything and everyone and for no particular reason. She tries to pose as a kick ass, powerful, strong-minded heroine. I have read five books by R.Lee Smith, this is by far the most annoying main female character. So, Mara runs to find her friend and she ends up as prisoner/student in the school of magic. Connie wanted to become powerful, so she started attending this magic school and she disappeared from Mara's life until she sends a letter crying for help.

I suppose my main issue (which I suppose it was an issue for the most people who read this book) is the main female character aka Mara: A young really gifted with mental power girl who is looking for her best friend, Connie. Thus, I was really excited before I started this story. A dark, doomed, not innocent school near Bucharest, located inside a mountain, with demons as teachers, with talented cruel adults as students. You may call me naïve, but I thought that this would be a magical book about a magic school that resembles Hogwards but for grown up readers.

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