This book started out quite slow for me, but I found myself getting into it more and more as the story progressed. It ended up not being what I first expected in any way whatsoever. There was a very small amount of romance, but not much at all, and it wasn't what the story was comprised of. I loved the magic and fantasy, and the way it felt more like a dark and scary fairy tale. The MC was by far my favorite. I loved that her magic flowed differently than all of the other sorcerers and wizards. I enjoyed seeing the confusion of the others when they couldn't quite understand what she was trying or how she was throwing a spell. That she was an anomaly to them made me like her all the more...Hey-there's nothing wrong with being different, right?