Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite authors but I haven't read much of her YA stuff, mostly just her adult books, so I wasn't sure what to expect from this one.. I was hooked right from the very beginning though, and I just had I had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen to all of these characters and what they were going to do about it. 
 Some brief thoughts / comments : 
 - I loved the dual POV but it almost felt like we spent too much time with one before switching to the next because there seemed to be a bit of catch up / going forward in each of their sections 
 - Magic. I liked the brief glimpses that we got of this though I didn't really get much from them (how everything woks and who can do what, etc.) and I hope that this is explored or explained in more detail in the second book 
 - I also really enjoyed the world that she created though I almost wanted to see more of it before everything 
 happens, like day to day 'normal life', so I would have something to compare the events to.. but in the end I think the beginning was a great starting point for both this book and the series so I don't really have a problem with this though I would like to know more about the world and what is happening in it now 
 All in all, this was an pretty good book and enjoyable read. Its not one of my favourites though I think that this is a book that reads better with the others in the series so I can't wait for the next one to see what happens next and hopefully get some answers to all the questions that I have. 
 ** I received an NetGalley review copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review so thanks again to the people at Doubleday Canada for making this possible :)