I have read almost all of the books and stories by Armstrong written in the Otherworld and I am a big fan, so when I found out there was going to be a TV series I was super excited. After seeing the first episode I was not disappointed, I quite liked it, even though there were some changes, but after some episodes I got really frustrated because they changed so much that, for me, it didn't make any sense anymore. People died who shouldn't have died and there were characters in the first season that you don't even get to know in the tenth book. I was really angry and told my friends that they shouldn't watch the series before reading the books first. (Somewhere around the eighth episode I submitted a review, which I deleted, because it was just on big rant) I did keep watching eventually, because I was still really curious to what the writers decided to make of it and there were some changes I did like. After watching the whole first season I decided I should write down what I ACTUALLY thought of the series itself and shouldn't compare the series to the books, since it's an adaption. The series itself isn't too bad, which is why I would give it seven stars, but I don't really understand WHY they had to change so much. The books have a very good storyline. I also don't understand why they had to change the characteristics of for example Clay and Jeremy. (Clay is not a sadist, damn it!) So that is the reason I only gave it six stars, the alteration of the story is not bad, but in my opinion definitely totally not necessary.