Pros: Richelle Mead is a great writer, and I very much enjoy her world in VA and in this new spin-off. I loved seeing what was happening with Adrian (wish the story had been more focused on him, actually!). The second half of the book is much more enjoyable than the first, and RM continues to deliver great dialogue. 
 Cons: I didn't particularly like Sydney as a narrator. She strikes me as a rather boring kind of character and that whole "ewww vampires!" mentality she had going on got really old really fast and made me want to smack her upside the head.