4.5 
 I. Can't. Wait. To. Get. My. Hands. On. Siegeandstorm *____* 
 The book seems written with a checklist for YA fantasy books. Alina, the main character, is an orphan that given the right triggering event discovered a power nobody else has, she is taken away to study and learn the ways with her power and then there are betrayal, runaways, reunions, etc, etc.. Doesn't that sound familiar to you? 
 Despite the checklist approach and Alina and Mal's weak characters (that's my opinion, btw), the story got me hooked to its pages and it surprised me at some points... and it has some really great characters (the Darkling, Genya, Bargha). 
 I don't think it is particularly well written, but it has something in it that attracts and hooks the reader to keep reading despite the weaknesses. I don't know what it is, but I would love to have it for my own stories xDD 
 In the end, I enjoyed the story and I will read the second book as soon as I can (let's pray for an ending without cliffhanger)...