Gemma Doyle is shipped to England after her mother commits suicide and her father is no longer capable of acting as a proper guardian. Her grandmother puts her into boarding school at Spence Academy, where she fights to build friendships with already made cliques. At the same time, she has begun to have visions, and things are happening that she has no explanation for. The big negative for this book is that there is a magical world where her and her “order” ventures, but all of the magical aspects of the novel are not detailed enough to make it understandable. This is part of a young adult series.