So I read Wintersong earlier this year. (view spoiler)[ didn't enjoy it (hide spoiler)] and it brought to mind this book. Which I actually could remember so i googled the one scene i could remember, when the goblins had taken her sister. (view spoiler)[ they hadn't, I just remembered the part where she said she would marry the goblin in exchange for the safe return of her sister and he was like Deal, where is she and who kidnapped her? (hide spoiler)] To make a long story short I found this book again. 
 It actually took me a little while to get into it, but once I did the story sucked me in. (view spoiler)[ Got to the part I remembered and then the sister rescue which I vaguely remembered and then the rest of the book which I had absolutely no recollection of so there was way more to the story than I'd thought. (hide spoiler)] And I think because this story was in the back of my head coloring my expectations of Wintersong, that I had some issues with the book, but that's a completely different review. 
 In any case. Even though I didn't like Kate at first I found her growing on me. I loved the way she fought to the bitter end against her projected destiny, an unwanted marriage. Okay that might have been a spoiler but that comes out fairly early so yeah. Moving on. 
 Marak was interesting as well, He had the annoying high handedness of so many YA MC heroes but honestly his was a bit more palpable. Probably because he never did the stupid thing of "I'm not good for you but I'm going to still stalk start a relationship with you." He was very straight forward about the entire thing, including the wedding. (view spoiler)[ yeah I had issues with the wedding. Honestly if you have to shackle your bride to get her to marry you then you have problems. And I'm wondering if any of the brides tried to murder their husbands in their sleep. (hide spoiler)] 
 Charm was hilarious when it appeared. And the ending was interesting. 
 I think I would have given this four stars when I was younger, but Now not so much. Still it is a good book so I guess I can recommend it. 
 I did discover in my google search this is actually a trilogy. But I don't know if I'll continue reading the series. 
 Recommended? Yeah, sure why no 
 Buy/Borrow? Borrow it.