I'm giving this one a three point five. It was an extremely interesting concept. I mean this is something that no other author has taken on before. I found myself really liking it but as for the characters I just felt like they all were not well represented. I just felt like I didn't really know all of them. 
 Dont really understand the love story? Don't want to give any spoilers away but I mean come on here, hes more of a friend than a real love interest. Makes no sense to me at all. Also I'm tired of books that follow the same old pattern. Girl does not want to be in a situation that to some would seem like a fairytale. Girl escapes, girl changes world. Girl lives happily ever after. 
 Already, I have some tiny clue of how this series is going to end. Let me guess, Rhine and love interest live happily ever after and somehow survive past the ages of 20 and 25 respectively. *sigh... At least the author makes it interesting enough that I want to see how all of that happens, but still. 
 This is a promising start to a series, but I'm just no sure how I will feel about reading the others? So we shall see. Will I buy this series? Nah. Don't think it needs to be cluttering my shelves. This for me is definitely going to be a read once, and then never see again series. 
 DeStefano's writing style is what really made me give this book a three point five instead of a three. So we shall see if she is able to keep that up through the rest of the series, I have high hopes but who knows. Something happens in the second book.... Something called second book syndrome. Has killed a lot of good series and I have a feeling it's going to happen here.