Perhaps it's because I'm not much into fantasy that I couldn't get into this book. In general I felt it lacked depth. The characters were flat, the plot was predictable and the writing mediocre. About one third of the way into the book I started skimming the pages - I don't like to abandon books, but I came pretty close with this one. I was relieved when Lenore was finally gone and chuckled when Poe had the dream that inspired the poem - at that point, all I could think of was The Simpsons version of "The Raven."