Other reviews have said it already, but to sum up my feelings, I thought some of the concepts introduced where cool, especially surrounding the house. I liked a few of the characters, but was frustrated by most of them. some parts of the book seemed underdeveloped, the romances had no build up, and anything to do with the aboriginal magic just aged like milk. The book started off OK but went steeply downhill fast, and I really struggled to finish it.