A unique, exciting, and beautiful story. Not without its flaws, like many others have said, but it deserves 4 stars in my book just for sheer enjoyability and the perfectly imperfect main character. I originally rated it 5 stars, but I'm knocking a star off just 'cause it didn't WOW me like my recent 5-star reads did--namely, Dark Places and the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy.