Clearly I am bored today and posting on everything.... but here is what I think, the first two books are pretty childish and you have to push through them to get past the cheesy stuff. However, starting in book 3, it gets a lot darker and keeps that up through the rest of the books. Plus, for young adult, the writing is pretty amazing! This is nothing like Twilight books that are just all awful plus the writing stinks. Overall, I say these are quick reads and might be a good summer series for you.