A beautifully written fairy tale that will bring the reader into a new world. The reason behind the 2 stars after that sentence is because the book seemed to be fill with too much going on, yet feel like nothing was really going on at the same time. I grew up on fairy tales, The 12 dancing princesses and The Princess and the Frog behing two of them, which were touched upon in this book. I might be spoiled by Holly Black with her world of faeries, but the releam in which these 5 sisters travel to is filled with wonder that is a party just the full moon on which is the only time they can travel to this world. The issue with this relam was that it was throwing me off that there were Night People (Vampires) and Fairies in the same area, in the same world. The characters later on were able to travel, but then not be able to travel through other portals. Between the names that were different, the cross between history, fantasy, and paranormal things were swirling in my mind. I had two other issues one being how weak the character Tatia (probably spelling that wrong) was, and the love shared between cousins... 
 This book was raved to me before I read it, which might be part of the reason the book fell kind of flat with me. The book though is beautiful with watching Jena (the main character) grow, and her taking charge of the world around her that is crumbling with death and responsiblities. It was a different read, for those who love fairy tales, it is might be worth checking out, just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean it won't be yours.