Although not perfect, Wicked Lovely was everything I ever wanted from Twilight and never got. Deliciously dark, it makes use of fairies as they exist in folklore. I was in love with fairies long before vampires. And we're not talking cutesy, pastel-colored, wish fulfilling tinkerbelles with wings and trailing pixie dust. We're talking fairies like Melissa Marr imagines them. Fey who use glamour to hide, seduce, torment and disguise their inhumanity. 
 The thing that I loved the best about Wicked Lovely is the tightening noose of inevitability. As stars align and events unfold, Aislinn, although presented with three viable options, is forced to make the only real choice that she can. I liked that Aislinn had guts and a will of her own, that she was battling her own shifting desires as well as the events that are changing her entire life. 
 The Winter Queen is a bit of a caricature of a bad guy and there's no where near enough Gram in the story. She has all the makings of an interesting character but gets reduced to a plot device. 
 Dark, sexy and tense, Wicked Lovely grabbed me and kept me. Definitely an enjoyable read.