2.5 stars my feelings are conflicted for this book, while I thought it was good I just didn't seem to love it. It was a quick read once I got into it it took less than a day to read. The aspects were great, I went into this book not knowing anything about it and this particular genre that I happen to really enjoy and never get tired of no matter how many other books I've read on this genre. So what was the problem? You may be asking, I found this book dull at times nothing ever happening, it felt as if it needed more action but then again that could just be me. 
 Just to clarify I enjoyed this book, yes, I think you should read it if you haven't already, I enjoyed the romance and relationships throughout the book and loved Alina the main character a lot too. This book has a lot going for it and the plot is similar to other books I have read but also different and new. I myself am still debating this book everything was fine about it, I should have loved this book it's everything that I like in a book, yet I didn't. It didn't grip me or pull me in as it should have, the story needs something that I can't put me finger on, more depth to the plot for sure but something else too. 
 Like I said the story was dull, it was a great idea but the way it progressed not so much. That I think was the main problem you started off with something great but then nothing happens until the end of the book and even then it wasn't anything big like I was expecting. The other main thing was the world with the Grisha and the Fold was so confusing the author did a terrible job with explaining the world to you. I'm still so confused with what the Fold is, I obviously now have a better sense but only towards the very end did I get that sense. 
 There have been a lot of conflicted reviews on this book, truly the only reason I read this book was because Rick Riordon author of the Percy Jackson series blurbed it. So obviously I had to give this book a go, and expected myself to love it for that reason and now am disappointed. I think to read this book you'd have to be in the right mood, which I wasn't in I just came out of reading mistborn which was full of action so when I transitioned into this book it just felt bland. I will continue on in this series because that's just who I am even if it's the worst book I've ever read I would continue the series for the hope that it'll improve somehow. I'm gonna hold off on it though a little while until I'm in the right mood for it, I think I'm a little tired of reading fantasy at the moment but I will get back to it because I did adore Alina and Mal's relationship, I found them so cute together and want to read more about them even though I didn't like them separately I liked them together (I make no fucking sense sometimes)