Night School by C.J Daugherty

Night School by C.J. Daugherty
Publisher: Atom
Release date: Jan 5, 2012 

Blurb:
Sometimes school is murder.

Allie Sheridan's world is falling apart. She hates her school. Her brother has run away from home. And she's just been arrested.

Again.

This time her parents have finally had enough. They cut her off from her friends and send her away to a boarding school for problem teenagers.

But Cimmeria Academy is no ordinary school. Its rules are strangely archaic. It allows no computers or phones. Its students are an odd mixture of the gifted, the tough and the privileged. And then there's the secretive Night School, whose activities other students are forbidden even to watch.

When Allie is attacked one night the incident sets off a chain of events leading to the violent death of a girl at the summer ball. As the school begins to seem like a very dangerous place, Allie must learn who she can trust. And what's really going on at Cimmeria Academy

My Thoughts:

I need more!!   That is the only thing going through my brain right now.  I just want more of these words and sentences that Daugherty has strung together.  The story flows like water and for 454 pages it has to flow to keep my attention and it not only did that but it left me wanting another 454 pages!
Allie has been sent to a school tucked in the middle of nowhere as a last resort to save her from herself.  Ever since her brother left she has been on a downward spiral and her parents are at the end of their rope, so they enroll her into Cimmeria.  This school is not like any other that Allie has been to before.  The setting reminded me of Hogwarts with the school built into a very old castle and it just had that awesome  Hogwarts feel to it.  You have to read it to understand I suppose. Also all forms of technology are banned, the classes are beyond hard, and the students know everything about each other.  So begins Allies story trying to fit into a school that she doesn’t want to be in and her quest to understand why her life is the way it is.
The story seems to be intricate I honestly am at a loss for words on it though because so much happened and yet I am left with so many questions!  My mind is kinda in a cluster you know what because I loved everything that happened but I feel cheated.  I wanted to learn why Allie was being guarded and I got nothing.  We are also introduced to 3 new characters at the end and I know they will play a huge part in the sequel but I wanted to learn more about them now!  I just want answers!  I know that every first book in a series has to leave the audience wanting more but I just felt like the author left us wanting too much.  I was also frustrated with Allie because she didn’t ask any questions and didn’t demand answers to the ones she did ask.  Even though I am left frustrated I still loved this book.  The author definitely has a beautiful way with words and if I knew where to find her I would BEG her for just 2 chapters of the next book!  I want that conversation Allie has with her parents!
Thanks Tina for sending this one on tour!
4 Snowflakes