5 Words: Curses, survival, family, love, fairies. 
 How to possibly review this book without spoilers? It's going to be hard so I'll keep it short. 
 This is a completely different story from what I was expecting. It still has Sarah J. Maas' excellent writing style, instantly recognisable if you've read the Throne of Glass series, but the characters are so vastly different. It's so difficult not to compare... 
 Feyre was such a strong young woman who thought the worst of herself. And it's understandable after the life she's had. And that life? For a while I wondered if I was reading a re-telling of Cinderella without the evil step-mother. But when you get to a certain point in the story, everything clicks and you understand and it just blows your mind a little bit. And you fall a little bit in love with a character you didn't think you would. 
 And I guessed the riddle straight away ;D 
 As much as I'm desperate to read on, I'm confident that it works fantastically as a standalone. The ending doesn't just suddenly jump at you and enough loose ends are tied up for me to be satisfied to wait a bit for the next one. But that year-long wait is gonna be killer. At least there's Queen of Shadows to break it up.