I read this book because I'd heard there were sex scenes, and I wanted to see how a NA book handled them. Also, I enjoy the idea of fairytale retellings. 
 The first half of this book could easily have been historical fiction. Poor girl gets brought into the world of a rich man in 1850s France. There pretty much wasn't a single line or element that couldn't have been replaced with a real world facsimile. 
 The second half of the book... fixes that. Adequately enough that I ended up enjoying the ending. 
 All of the characters were pretty cardboard cutout versions of their archetypes, however I enjoyed what little I got of Reesand the most. He was a bit rapey, but I understood why, and that made him interesting. I hear that the sequel reinforces that and there's a lot of love for Reesand. This sounds like a double edged sword, because I'm not sure if I trust the author to keep the aspect of him that I found interesting, while also making him a main character. He damn well better not have a soft gooey centre that Fayra manages to get to the centre of! That'll just piss me off. 
 I'll read the second book as I hear there's none of the slow first half of this book!