5 Words: Magic, life, love, power, saviour. 
 How pleasantly surprised was I by this book? Especially as I didn't like the author's other works. 
 I didn't have very high expectations when I picked up this book. 
 The beginning wasn't so good. In fact, the beginning was pretty crap. It reminded me a lot of Starcrossed. 
 But you know what? Once the story really got going, it was pretty good. It had an original plot, world-building and a cast of characters with so many conflicts and so much turmoil that I couldn't look away. 
 But it did seem that Lily was handed everything on a plate. She was a "woe is me, I'm so skinny and beautiful" character, the kind that I have an instant dislike for. And then she could do all of this crazy powerful magic with virtually no training. And that all just didn't click or sit well with me. 
 But I found myself reading on regardless of my dislike of Lily. 
 I received a copy of this for free via NetGalley for review purposes.