I don't know if I'm too old or what, but the second two books in the series made no sense to me at all. There's all this crazy slang, and I couldn't keep track of what all the words meant. Also, the characters start cutting themselves, and it's put forth as a good thing, which skeeved me. I mean, impressionable kids read these books. I would not be thrilled with my daughter reading about cutting as a positive choice.