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I couldn't get past page 78. Here's why. There is a complete and utter lack of development on anything; setting, characters, or plot. I have no idea how these characters feel or think about anything. Celia has a dead mother and a crappy father, she doesn't mention it at all. The same with Marco. Apparently, he's okay with being locked in a house for years, for no apparent reason, being accompanied, at all times, by a man whose name he doesn't know. The occasionally second point of view is annoying and unnecessary as it takes away from the book and can easily be woven into the story. Right now they are learning magic, but why? They don't know, outside of some obscure challenge, and they don't seem all that interested in finding out. They seem absolutely content in where they are and what they are doing. You can't make a story out of that!