It took a little while for this book to hit its stride, but once it did it really took off. 
 Pros: 
 Alina's a complex female character that kicks ass without being TheKickassGirl(tm). A hard line to walk. 
 Great world building. 
 An interesting world with a lot of peripheral moving parts, that encourages me to read the rest of the series. 
 Cons: 
 The ending was incredible and I could have used about thirty more pages of it. I hit it last night and destroyed it, but it was over entirely too fast and left me with a lot of questions. The rest of the book was well paced, but the ending felt like a sentence that cut out halfway through.