First let me say I own and have recently re read all 5 of the Casteel books. Perhaps that was my mistake. Aside from the names of the characters and a few extremely minor tidbits here and there thrown in I am convinced that NOBODY who helped in this adaptation actually read any of the books. They may have read a few synopsis and possible "spoiler" reviews of the books but I am convinced that's all they did. I understand having to rewrite it to make it fit in under an hour & 30 mins without commercials but they left out what I believe to be extremely important details. I am not sure if I will be able to finish the rest of the movies if they continue to be so far off. And I must also add the I am extremely disappointed with all of the actors. They were very bland with little personality