Broken Things

So I liked it, but I have some qualms. The book felt incomplete. It was almost as if I were watching the movie of this book and important plot lines were missing. They described Lovelorn as being a magical place that was an amalgamation of a bunch of popular fantasy series's, but they never explained the scenery or actual storyline of The Way into Lovelorn. The characters that were mentioned were abstract and didn't seem to go together in a cohesive way. The three girls going to Lovelorn sounded like a story on its own, but then there were fairies, princesses, trolls, tournaments, stealing hearts, a centaur, and most importantly a Shadow. It just seemed so jumbled and I wish the author had developed more of the actual background for The Way into Lovelorn. The mystery aspects and the complexity of the relationships between the characters were satisfying. I do wish I had Owen's perspective of Summer and their time together. I kept waiting for it to be revealed. Like I said, I liked it, but it seemed unfinished.