I had a friend of mine recommend this to me. Otherwise I don't think I would have ever read this on my own. She said it had a great ending that made a pretty good book great. 
 I was curious, so I read. 
 My take is that, yeah, it is pretty great. It's not quite up my alley. But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a brilliantly crafted story when I come across one. In fact, the way the author spends most of the book setting up the end is impressive. 
 If I were to split the novel into three distinct acts, I'd argue that the first and third acts are truly fantastic, while the longer middle act is a bit too, ah, Twilight-y for me to really get into. Still, it all works together quite well. So well, in fact, that I think I'm going to try to read the rest of the trilogy. Good stuff. 
 I'd say more but, well, I can't think of a single thing worth mentioning. Like, nothing. I'm rarely so unable to speak about something, anything, during a review, I mean, some of mine can get quite long. But today. Nada. 
 So, yeah. Whatever. I don't know. You quit looking at me all weird and I'll quit looking at you that way.