I think I read all five of these books in the span of maybe a week. It was terrible. I hardly slept, but it was completely worth it. A wealth of characters, a well-thought out plot, danger, dashing fey men, a bit of mystery and to wrap it all nicely in a bow, a pretty bad-ass female lead. I admired Elysetta's character, she could really role with the punches without being obnoxious. There were SO many characters in these books and despite that I still felt like I got to know them. Great story telling, wonderful character development. What more could you ask for? The few bumps along the way I found forgivable (certain aspects of plot became increasingly obvious to me, and yet it took the characters themselves quite a bit of time before they figured it out. So sometimes I was sitting there like "....c'mon you can do it, place that last little puzzle piece and... finally.") 
 You like romance? You like a new spin on fey? World building and characters your thing? Go ahead, get this series. Make sure you can grab all of them, because you won't want to stop with just the first book!