2.5 stars.
Maybe it'd help with the confusion factor if I read [b:The Shadow Society|10356760|The Shadow Society|Marie Rutkoski|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1343484595s/10356760.jpg|15259729]. Yeah, probably. Still, nice writing but nothing spectacular and not enough length and meat to the story to make me terribly intrigued.