I really liked this book, I'm always interested about stories about fantasy (kings and queens and sword-fighting, etc). The story was well written and the world was unique and well thought out. It was an interesting adventure I tagged along with Neryn, especially with 
 The pacing was alright although I didn't like how there were lots of parts where there wasn't any action in them. Mostly it just consisted of Neryn's time as she traveled alone and I admit it was sort of boring for me and I kept on reading just to see the next human/Good Folk interaction- basically her talking to anyone. I was always looking forward to her finally being reunited with Flint (view spoiler)[I found it really irritating that every time Flint told Neryn to stay and not go anywhere and he would be back as soon as he can, she would up and leave. She did a total of 3 times, possibly more I didn't bother to count. It got to the point where I wanted something bad to happen to her so that Flint could be all "I told you so" and she would feel stupid and think twice about doing it again but alas no... (hide spoiler)] 
 This book was full of secrets and suspense, most of the time I couldn't be sure if Flint was really the bad guy or good guy and what his intentions, secrets, were. Neryn wasn't better off- in the beginning I wasn't sure about what sort of powers/abilities she had until somewhere in the middle of the book where she admitted what she could do. I admit it was annoying when they couldn't be outright honest with each other but I understood it was best for the story. 
 I loved the romance in this book, and how it played out. It wasn't a sudden thing, it happened gradually and almost without noticing, until almost near the end when you start noticing the small little things (view spoiler)[the looks they give each other, her thoughts about him, the way Flint treats her with kindness, when he blushed, the thing about the lock of hair, etc. (hide spoiler)] I really will be looking forward to reading about their romance in the next 2 books. 
 Plus the whole plot was really good and I'm also looking forward to seeing how Neryn defeats and releases Alban from Keldec's rule, with her growing powers.