Extremely worn, but not really exciting

Previously, two sets to that book that Maggie stepfather before that published here: In the Scorpio Races (dt. Titles like Red Sea) unique myths and legends at the daily life of the islanders to the most exciting were interwoven. An original idea that drew the reader from beginning to end in its spell.
In the Raven Boys, the author tried this again and now uses, like many others before her, on boarding school. While this is not any old, but one for boys from rich, very rich families, and it is once again clear that money does not bring happiness and a good name stands not necessarily character, intellect and humanity, but these tears , not just new constellation nor anyone from the stool.
On the other side stands the girl Blue, who lives in modest circumstances and a chaotic household with her mother, her friends, and half-sister, all fortune-tellers.
Thread linking the two together so distant milieu is the search for traces of the Welsh king Glendower. Yet this search rather slow pulling away. While there are some extreme incidents, especially repeatedly brawls, in which entangle the boy from a good family almost compulsively. But overall it looks quite constructed the story and the effort that the author operates with the rather meager substance appears exaggerated.
The people themselves seem fairly plated created: fate, character, wealth and poverty, there is only in extremes, but that is not enough for a consistently interesting story. An exception is the seedy teacher Whelk and emerged out of nowhere half-sister of the mother, whose plans and projects remain rather nebulous.
True power comes on where actions and people are not ascended superficially, where mystery and uncertainty, hint and seediness spreading, such as at the beginning of the book, which is really well done and a creepy reading pleasure promises, but this promise can not hold consistently ,
We can only hope that the next three volumes of this planned quartet set something on voltage, inventiveness and attractiveness.