My approach with Holly Black's writing happened years ago, when I was still a little girl and in Italy I could only find the first two books of the Ironside trilogy, with Kaye, Robein, Corny and so. So, when I heard that this book was going to be pulished in Italy during April, I requested a copy for a review to the italian publisher. I was eager to read and it was a quite cute reading experience, but... 
 Maybe Holly Black is one of that authors that I like but that I don't love. 
 First of all, I liked the fact that this novel is set in the same universe of the trilogy cited above. Basically there is only one certain hint about it. It's a name but I won't reveal it to you. I won't spoil you the fun of finding it. 
 Talking about the book - plot and characters included - I'm disappointed. Black just reproposed something she already wrote. We have bad faries, a court full of cruel faeries - I don't expect them to be kind but changing is not bad -, lost and damned adolescents who are son and daughter of ex rockers. Plus, there is another changeling, Jack. 
 Alont with the not-so-new cast of characters, I didn't like - at first - how the book was written. It was so elementary. One thing is a simple style, another is something repetitive formed by words that a children can compose. Honestly, this feeling faded while reading, so maybe I just had to get accostumed to it, but nonetheless I can't shake off this sensation. Could it be the italian translation, since it's the first time that translator made a terrible work. 
 I found Fairfold to be really interesting, different from the big cities where everyone didn't know a thing about faeries, but still, the presence of Hazel, Ben, Jack and Severin didn't help me so much with falling in love 
 Anyway, I love their choices regarding the finale of the story. I think that it was the best way to put and end to everything and to respect their families. And human people in general. I love faeris but I always have hard times reading Black's books, because at the same time I cannot help to hate. So, when I see characters acting silly and all faeris loving, I just shake my head. but this time the protagonista show to have a bit of discerniment - even if one of them didn't show to be particulary brillant when it was a child. 
 So, I was happy to see how Hazel and Ben are able to like faeries but at the same time capable of punish them. It would be really cool to read a book about faeries hunter, but I feel that it's going to be a long road before Black will write something like that. 
 Plot twist, secrets and all the juicy stuff definitely survived my expectations - seriously, there's something amazing about them - but still the whole book wasn't exactly a masterpiece. Definitely a good read but still with something missing about the characters and the whole romance's stuff.