3.5/5 
 I enjoyed the characters of this book, although they did seem quite childish at times to me... And sometimes it was kinda of predictable... Nonetheless, I was still won over by the characters and the uniqueness of the story. 
 I'm mainly in it to see where the plot takes these characters. And I feel like there is a huge chance for growth in these characters that I'm interested to see the direction Maas takes them. 
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 EDIT: MAY 2016 
 Maybe it's because I started with The Assassin's Blade before I read this, but I found this more engaging the second time around. I think I may bump it up to 4/5 stars. 
 Maybe it's because I understood Celaena more... (view spoiler)[For example, when she would mention her not trusting Nehemia was because of Ansel while she was in the Desert. Then when she was grieving over Sam, I could finally understand her grief. Then when she was so scared of accepting the truth of Arobynn's betrayal, I understood how terrible it must have felt. (hide spoiler)] 
 I think it was such an eye-opener to read it first and going back and rereading this because it gives so much more insight. I began to feel more for the characters this time and thus, found myself more immersed in the story than I previously was.