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What makes this manga so dissatisfying is not just one factor, but many factors put together. The execution was poor overall, and there was potential for this to be good too.

Story: 3/10
Why a three? Because, for one concepts/threads are introduced, and then casually put aside for far too long, often causing one to wonder, "How does X fit into Y at this point?" An excellent example of this is the vial of liquid required by Alice to go home. It's introduced as ~*THE IMPORTANT PLOT POINT*~ but then promptly gets disposed of, only to resurface at the end, just to be disposed of again. Also, ... Alice seems to not be on a hunt for a boyfriend, yet is actively /hunting for a boyfriend/. It's really irritating to watch.

Art: 5/10
The art for this was pretty standard shoujou eyecandy. There wasn't anything overtly good, bad, or hilariously derpy.

Character: 2/10
Now here's where a VERY major problem lies. All of the characters seem to lack true depth, akin to one watching a 3D movie without the glasses: a blurry, headachey mess. Alice can't decide on whether or not she wants well, anything really. Considering the fact that she is the main character, you will be exposed to this /all the time/. Her prospective dates aren't much better. There's moments where you just want to feel sorry for the Peter White because Alice is so indecisive, but then his obsessive love tendencies make you roll your eyes violently. Blood Dupre is the boring wangsty invincible bishounen male. The problem with Boris Airay is that he's supposed to be like the Cheshire Cat, provided that Cheshire was a masochist who like seeing himself bleed. Vivaldi would have been better if she were actually a collective of entities instead of just using the royal we. Ace is just a slobbering mess of a character, almost like a jerkass, yet being changed by the pure and true love of Alice. The only characters that seem to make this worth reading through to the end are the side characters. Even then, they are not enough to redeem this story.

In summary, the characters are worthless, and the plot is cliche. It's not really worth anyone's time, unless you are totally into indecisive girls who just can't decide between bad choices in boyfriends.

I genuinely loathe this anime, and it has little to do with the supposed yaoi overtones within it. Let's move on with this.
NOTES NOTES: This is speaking ONLY for the anime. So don't click "Not helpful" because you've read through the manga and/or find horrible inconsistencies with canon past episode 6, which is where I dropped it.

Story: 5/10

Well, it starts off nice, with a good dark theme going for it, what with all the demonic butlers and children dead set on revenge. And for a while, it was worthwhile. Then comes episode 6, the introduction of the Shinigami, where it steamrolls itself downward. At this ... point I dropped it.

Art: 6/10
Well, it's a decently animated bishounen wonderland. The coloring is pretty good, and the Victoriana theme is actually rolling along fine.

Sound: 4/10
There wasn't really anything notable about it, so meh.

Characters: 1/10
I'm going to try to pack some very angry stuff in a lot of words, kthx. This is going to be pretty comprehensive, yet not very long for individuals.

Sebastian: Pretty okay concept turned into this retched Gary-Stu. He's too prefect in every thing ever, and wants this kid's soul. Oh and he's a demon.
Ciel: Kinda an asshole kid hell-bent on revenge. He crossdresses or something and people like to ship him with his butler.
Finnian: Dumb unfunny attempt at comedic relief.
Maylene: Dumb unfunny klutz attempt at comedic relief.
Baldroy: Not really notable unfunny attempt at comedic relief.
Tanaka: The normal, not funny/speshul butler who winds up being a failed attempt at comedic relief.
Madame Red/Angelina Durless: woah woah waoh a female who plays a role in the plot until she is killed, in the climax of the Jack the Ripper arc.
Damian: First episode and that's it. Nothing special other than he decides to attempt to con Ciel. And fails.
Elizabeth Middleford: The moeblob. Oh, she winds up angering Ciel too, but Sebastian is all like "I'M TOO COOL FOR YOUR RAEG, BUT I'LL MAKE IT BETTER".
Lau: The token Chinese mafioso. That's it pretty much.
Aleister Chamber: He's a perv who attempts to sell a crossdressing Ciel. He's an uberbishounen.
Undertaker: A Shinigami, but that's only in the anime. He deals with dead bodies and whatnot and has a pretty high bishounen level.
Lord Randall: He has sideburns. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HIS PURPOSE
Azzurro Vanel: Like Lau, but without the chinese. He sells drugs too. Also, he winds up kidnapping! What fun this is, because it's basically the first arc!
Ran-Mao: Lau's assistant. Just kinda hangs out for a while.
Mary Jane Kelly: Could very well provoke FEMINIST RAEG with the things that happen to her.
William Spears: A Shinigami, who's always frowning. He's a supervisor who winds up having to baby the next character...
Grell Sutcliff: Another Shinigami. Basically an insultingly campy gay with a chainsaw. If an anime could be ruined by one character, this would be it. He's pretty incompetent when he's first introduced, and continues to be. The only reason the fandom likes him, from what I can tell, is that he's gay and/or MTF. And that's a pretty stupid reason to love an annoyingly incompetent character. Oh, and he's got some definite Stu going on, because he screws the rules pretty hard while with Angelina. His voice actor makes it worse.
Shinigami in general: Two words: Anachronism Stew.

Basically, I really, really loathe this anime. The fandom does not help at all either. If you're into Victoriana themes and art, and have a callous disregard to plot and characterization, you're going to LOVE this. Otherwise, go watch something else. It's for your own good.