3.5 out of 5 stars 
 As much as I enjoyed the unique world and the beautiful writing, I was struck by one major flaw of this novel: the main character, a female, completely flabbergasted that two men want her and that she's *gasp!* actually beautiful, despite her boring brown hair and spotty skin. What kind of horrid message does this send to young girls? That it's unusual that you're pretty if you have brown hair and pimples? Plus, the love triangle in this book was incredibly stereotypical of this genre, and got boring quickly. 
 Nonetheless, I look forward to reading the rest of the Grisha trilogy, and I'm incredibly excited to get to Six of Crows!