I'm not really sure how to feel about this one. The ending was really wonderful, and the darkness in this book was incredibly well-written. My only issue with this book is that it was very fast-paced -- we weren't really introduced into the setting but rather thrusted into it. Which, honestly, is a shame -- the setting seems to be very interesting. If this book took things more slowly I might have seriously loved it. Also, since it was so fast-paced I didn't really grow an attachment to any of the characters, so though the betrayal and sadness certainly had an impact, it could have had a stronger impact if the author spent more time with the setting and characters before thrusting the reader into all the action. All in all, this book probably should have been longer and should have been paced slower -- if it had been, this might have been one of my favorite books ever. But, I still very much enjoyed this story and am definitely going to read the next book! I really enjoyed it!