Well written, and a ton more fun than I thought it was going to be. Given the paranormal-romancy sort of approach, the author far exceeded my expectations with well-drawn characters, a solid human grounding, and tense excitement. Normally, this kind of tongue-in-cheek approach to fantasy results in lightweight silly fluff without any merit to the story and characters. Although many small features would normally have put me off the book (too few royal houses, no real strength to the word building, the whole bit about the wolves and poodles, and the rants about princesses), the storytelling was strong enough to pull me past that and to make me care not only about our protagonist but also the mysterious manipulative Grimm. I can't wait to see where this author goes in future volumes.