A dark fairy tale. That's what this was. Poor Kate. Nothing seemed to go right in her life. 
 I think the reason why I didn't like this book so much was just the sheer bleakness of it. There's a lot of death and Kate has terrible, horrible luck. She just couldn't catch a break. And beside that, the characters seemed just a little underdeveloped to me. They just didn't pop. 
 But even so, the plot's pretty unique. If you're looking for a dark fantasy, here you go.