9 out of 10 
 *Reread this too many times now, but it's still amazing and fans of YA fantasy will love it!* 
 I started this book looking for a really dark fantasy series full of twists and turns. 
 It was not what I expected, but I loved it! 
 What surprised me the most was how much I fell in love with the characters! Chaol was just brilliant. He was quite mysterious as the Captain of the Guard but I loved the chemistry between him and Celaena and it was so cute how much he seemed to care for her. 
 Dorian was my favourite. Yes, he was quite a stereotyped character. But he was just so much fun! I didn't like his relationship with Celaena - but I loved him as an individual and his friendship with Chaol. 
 Celaena was a bad-ass heroine, who is very stubborn, very deadly, and very fashionable. I loved her. 
 My only problems with this book are... 
 1) Too many exclamation marks. 
 2) I felt like it could have done more with the fantasy element 
 But, overall, this is a really fun book to read with great characters. 
 Please read this!