I've never read anything by Laini Taylor before, though I have heard that her writing is beautiful. But her writing is actually so much more exquisite than just beautiful. It's poetic and lyrical and it lends itself to the plot of this story so, so well. The plot itself is dreamy and her writing makes all of it, the setting and characters and thoughts and emotions, outright tangible. 
 I listened to this one on audio book, and the narrator was well selected for the tone and mood of this book. If you want a really good AB experience this would be a top recommendation.