2 stars. I really struggled to finish this book. There were times when I thought I'd just quit. But then, almost everyone of my GR friends praised this book so highly that I felt like I had to finish it and see if I was missing something. Yeah, I know it is dangerous to have high expectations, but I just couldn't not have them, with so many fans of this series around. 
 The beginning was rather interesting and funny, and drew me in, but the more I read, the more bored I got. 
 My main problem was that I couldn't connect with any of the characters and felt detached from them all through the story. Karou was very mary sue-ish and I didn't particularly like her. The romance was super-insta-love (view spoiler)[twice (hide spoiler)]. I even didn't find Zuzana funny. 
 I like the way Laini Taylor can string words together, her writing is very lyrical and evocative, and the idea of the world of seraphim and chimeras was interesting, but still not enough to make me enjoy the book. Because characters are always the most important part of any story for me, and this time we didn't click. 
 Not sure if I'm going to continue this series.