I wanted to like this book and in a way I did. There's some great world building that made it easy for me to immerse myself. However, the characters and writing style made it sometimes painful to read. 
 Mac is a moron. She's all about looking pretty and will gladly tell us what shade of nail polish she's wearing. Now, there's nothing wrong with wanting to look nice and every author has their thing they love to describe (George RR Martin and food, Richelle Mead and clothes, Stephanie Meyer and Edward's face), so I have no problem with Mac's nail polish obsession. However, she's such a ditz and vain. She fumbles around Dublin with no real idea what she's doing and even when she gets clued into the world of the Fae and magic, she still approaches everything with the caution of a five year old and the enthusiasm of a sorority girl. When she's seen by several Unseelie, she cries about having to cut and dye her hair, even remarks that she doesn't want to have orange hair like redheads do. Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Your sister is dead, remember? Stop whining. By the way, constantly reminding us that you're not a Barbie stereotype doesn't mean it's not true. Just because you mention it right away or frequently does not mean you're nipping it in the bud and 'beating' the stereotype just by mentioning it. Mac is a Barbie, not just because she's blonde and loves pink, but because of how obsessed with her looks and dumb she is. 
 Barrons is an asshole. I am NOT a fan of the douchebag hero, who is forgiven for his jerkwad behaviour because he's so hot. NO! He's a dick to Mac all the time and treats her like an object instead of a person, although not in the normal, UF douchebag hero way (like women are all about giving up their vaginas to him), he thinks of Mac as his personal Fae Object detector. I will admit that he's right in the beginning, that Mac is too stupid and naive to deal with everything Fae related that's going on, but that's where Jericho Barrons and I end with agreeing on anything. He's violent, he's suspicious, he's horrible to Fiona, whom he knows is in love with him, and just an all around asshole. Not sexy. 
 The scenes with Mac and V'lane... I don't even know how to react to them. Mostly I was cringing because it seemed so out of place. I haven't seen enough of V'lane to form an opinion, but right now the warning alarms are going off, so I'm guessing he's bad news. 
 Ms. Moning's writing style would have been a lot more enjoyable if she didn't ruin scenes with tripe like this: "Later on I would find out that this was a mistake, but right now I was all for it." I get that this is past tense and all this stuff has already happened, but way to suck some of the tension out of a situation with that kind of statement. (The prologue is a prime example. I thought the printers had screwed up and put something from the middle of the book at the front.) It happens a lot and it's not my cup of tea. I despise present tense narrative, but maybe Ms. Moning should use it to avoid spoiling things. 
 So here's to hoping the series improves, because it's a lovely world that Ms. Moning has created.