WOW I did not see that one coming. Fae stories as much as I love them tend to be the same, as so happens with most of PNR. But this one is really different, maybe because there isn't much romance.. (Here is where I -if I was reading this review- would stop and decide against the book, since its the romance which I'm usually more drawn to) but I surprisingly didn't because the story in itself and the world or setting it presented was so exciting that you simply couldn't put the book down. The whole situation about the 'abandoned neighbourhood' reminded me of that movie "I am Legend" and I liked that sort of horror edge that I didn't find in other novels and I didn't even knew I liked that. 
 The characters are also amazing, I happened to like having a lead female who, lets face it, is not the badass we are all accustomed to. I mean, yes, she is brave and has powers that make her different, but she is not invincible, she fights thinking about her manicures and instead of having a deathwish for saving the world she weeps over her hair. Not that I encourage those attitudes but really, it was a bit refreshing to get to know a different character, one that admits she's there for her sister and couldn't care less about becoming a hero. Barrons, I also loved. Their relationship -even if I wouldn't call it romantic, was fun and again, different. I was glad the author didn't rush things between them (Hell, I don't even know if there is suposed to be a 'them') but still, it will make the next book much more exciting, won't it? ;)(Okay here is where YOU readers which have read the next ones will give me some scoop, I like spoilers :D)Cause seriously,I'm done reading romances that seem rushed and unnatural, like Cupid in his dippers appeared out of thin air and shot them. 
 The only two thing I would say against it are: First, the V'lane business. Was that really necessary? I found interesting the idea of what he caused her but the museum scene was plain mean. The girl has enough new things to deal with without needing to experience that kind of embarrasment! And in that position!lol, Secondly, the book doesn't seem like a first novel but more like a first part, so if I were you, I'd make sure to get at least the first two books together (I can't say the third also cause I haven't read the second). But having known that, its def a five-star!