This book kept me engaged. I didn't have to fight through it. However, a lot of pieces just didn't go together. I had to suspend a lot of my disbelief. The world didn't feel fully formed. And it didn't feel enough like a regular fairy tale for me to just go along with certain aspects of the world on faith. I did like the way information was revealed, but I needed a little bit more about what the initial romantic draw. I just wanted a little more flushing out, in both world and character. While I can deal with a flatter character in a fairy take, this needs a little more fleshing out. Nyx can talk about her anger all she wants, but as a reader we're never really shown a sense of where it stems from. All of this could be accomplished without sacrificing any of the fairy tale origins.