To be clear, I didn't dislike this reading experience. The writing itself is clean, effective, and not overly complicated, with vivid and consistent imagery. The feel of the book struck this reader as something on the order of A Midsummer Night's Dream meets Pan's Labyrinth (with plenty of alternating Faerie wonderment and horror to be had.) Aside from the quirkiness of Puck---who, in my opinion, wasn't in enough of the book---the dialogue was a bit lackluster. And while it sometimes came close to being emotionally engaging, for some reason I wasn't able to fully connect with the story. 
 The greatest detractor seemed to be the main character, Meghan. And being the book is written in first person and entirely from her point of view, it was impossible to get away from her. Both her mindset and choices were continually difficult for this reviewer to relate to. Though there is repeated reference to her having potentially helpful latent powers of some kind, nobody aside from the Cheshire Cat seems interested in tapping into them or offering her even a hint of the Fae survival training she obviously needs. She spends a great deal of the book as hapless, helpless deadweight--toted around between Fairyland and the real world by various entities. Ultimately, her transformation from waifish 16-year-old to screaming warrior princess felt more sudden than a natural progression. 
 Ash, the stoic-yet-endearing ice prince, had a lot of potential for character development--in addition to serving as the antihero love interest. Unfortunately, we learn very little about his background and motives. But presumably this was more of a setup book, and Ash will be featured prominently as one goes further into the series.