This was only okay. I liked what it was attempting to do here - I could see the influence of fairy stories, and I liked the influence of a not-Anglo culture - but there were parts that had me rolling my eyes. I'm not sure Saran was fully developed as a character, their romance felt a little ham-fisted, and Agnieszka definitely fell prey to the ~*~special snowflake~*~ syndrome that takes so many fine young protagonists in YA fantasy. The world building was pretty standard for a fantasy novel. 
 I picked it up because I felt like reading some fantasy, and because it'd gotten a lot of good reviews. This is better than your standard YA fare, but far and away nothing mind-blowing. At least I've satisfied my curiosity.