People of Goodreads, I once again feel like I've been horribly, horribly lied to. I trusted you. I believed in you. I read this book because it got such good reviews, even though I normally would have passed on it. All because I had faith in the standards of the Goodreads community. And people of Goodreads, you betrayed that fragile trust. 
 This book was awful. 
 You think you know insti-love? Bella and Edward were way too unrealistic for you? Clary and Jace move along too fast? Ash and Meghan weren't believable? These guys have nothing, NOTHING on Trik and whats-her-name. They run into each other by chance and they're instantly bonded and are meant to be together 5ever. It's like the author wanted to write a romance book without the character development that leads up to it. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's literally painful for them to be apart. I mean, our main guy Trik is this heartless dark elf assassin who's thousands of years old, and he happens upon this girl who fate (er, sorry, the forest gods)chose for him, and now he instantly wants to give up his evil ways and be good. I was afraid, from the book's description, that it'd be a little dark for me. It was nothing of the sort. 
 The main character, whose name I can't even recall, is no better. Everyone keeps talking about how completely pure and innocent she is, but the author gives no background or examples to show this. She's just another other Mary Sue. She falls instantly in love with Trik for no reason, gets mopey and revoltingly pathetic when he's not around, and is super melodramatic to boot. I couldn't stand her. 
 Her best friend is pretty bad, too. I'm not usually a fan of the heroine's best friend anyway, but this one was just...ugh. I think the author must have seen a pack of preteen goth-wannabes hanging around outside of Hot Topic and found inspiration. Suck the personality right out of them (but leave the "damn-I'm-a-badass" attitude intact) and you have What's-Her-Name's best friend, Elora. No thanks. 
 Plotline wasn't any better than the characters. It was terribly weak, and seemed to be built around the romance aspect as an afterthought. 
 And to top it all off, the grammar was pretty bad. I'm so sick of authors who can't use proper grammar. You can't be a successful painter if you can't paint. You can't be a successful fisherman if you can't fish. I don't know why there are so many authors who can't write. I was honestly relieved when I finished this book. I was totally put off of reading for a few days afterward. This whole book read like a poorly-written fanfiction. As with Cameo Renae's "Hidden Wings," I feel cheated that I spent actual money on this book.