Second read: September 2017 
 Still one of my favorite books. I still love everything about it. 
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 First read: June 2016 
 Basically I loved everything about this book. 
 It has everything that I like: 
 The world building is amazing. I love the magic in it. Character development was on point. Fast-paced read: I honestly couldn't put it down. I couldn't stop reading, it was always :"okay one more chapter, maybe one more, okay last one." well basically until the end. 
 I really liked the characters: Alina is a really great main character. I still don't know what I think about Mal, he is alright but I have a few minor problems with him, I don't think I like him that much yet. And the Darkling... Why oh why did you make him so likeable in the beginning? Because now I like him a lot. And my heart can't hate him even now when we know what he did and what he wants to do. I can't hate him, he is just the most interesting character in this book, in my opinion. And I can't wait to see all the other creepy things he is going to do in the next books.