The Unwanteds

I liked this book very much, but I did not love it. Somewhere around the middle, I got tired of Alex and Aaron. I kind of wish the story would have been about one of the girls instead. It's just me, I really do not read very much Middle Grade fiction, and I really do not enjoy warrior type books.
I do give it props for imagination and I never once felt the need to compare it to Harry Potter. It felt fresh and original, and I think I would have loved it had it been about 75 pages shorter.