I have never been a big fan of Richelle Mead, but I was intrigued by the idea of a book where every character if deaf, I thought it was a unique idea, and I thought she did well with it. I was especially impressed by how she described sound in the narrative in a way that those without sound could TRY to grasp, it was a great approach. Other than the interesting choice of deaf characters and decent descriptions, however - I didn't finish this book very impressed. It was a short read, and I was never on my seats edge, it was also weird to me that the entire book prior to the ending had little fantasy elements besides myth telling, but then at the end, the book is suddenly fantasy, within the last thirty pages. I thought that was weird, I wasn't happy about it, Richelle Mead didn't do very well in leading up to it, and the ending also felt flat to me. I give this a 2.5/5 stars