This book was so boring and predictable that I struggle to express it in words. Even the main characters were flat, having characteristics (blue hair! wings! brooding sadness!) instead of character and the prose is without anything approaching art. The plot is predictable and boring. The relationships are stale and without heat. Suffice to say, I will not be picking up the next book in the series or any of her other books. 
 I'm just baffled by my feelings about this book. So many people loved it! I guess that's the way it works sometimes.