I'm torn on this book. 
 On the one hand, the story line was very good. It was a new world for me and seeing as I'm so tired of all of the ones I've been reading of, this was a refreshing change. 
 However, here's the problems: 
 Mead treats the reader the same as she does in Vampire Acamdemy. Which is to say, like we don't need descriptions. That we're fine with one dimensional descriptions. The characters are left under developed, the story given bare bones info. 
 The first half of the book I wanted to scream. We're told Justin has ravens that he speaks to. But I'm not sure whether these are real birds flying overhead, his imagination, or some spiritual thing. I mean, surely we'd know if there were some giant ravens sitting on his shoulders right? You'd think, but seeing as Mean never takes the time to tell us you can't be too certain. 
 Mead has proven with this book that while she thrives as a young adult writer, maybe she should stay there. Her venture into adult books with adult subjects and adult situations are lacking. If you're going to write a sex scene, write one, don't tip toe around it. Especially when a man is telling the story. 
 Overall if another writer were given this story, say Dawn Rae Miller, Patrick Ness, maybe Lauren Oliver (definitely Cassandra Clare!), this story could have shined as a remarkable book/series, but as it is it's lacking and one dimensional.