I was supremely disappointed with this book. Mandie was just too...disobedient. Normally I like it when the characters are a bit human, but this is way out of hand. This isn't being human, this is sheer stupidity! Just when I thought Mandie was learning something from all those lessons she gets in the other books, she goes and does this crazy thing. But she does get severely punished, if that's any consolation.Maybe it's just me, but this has got to be one of the worst books in the entire series. Read it if you must, but don't put too much stock in it.