I really loved this book best fairy tale telling ever A.G.Howard never disappoints with her books I will definitely read more by her. I loved the characters and the relationships between them I really loved Lyra with all of the ups and downs and I loved Vesper and how his relationship with Lyra developed Crony was very likable as was Luce they made good parental figures for Lyra. The villain was a good one Griselda was a very good fairy tale villain she would do anything to get what she wanted and in the end she got just what she deserved. I loved the plot of the story it was told very much like an older fairy tale with a more modern writing style I loved every moment of the story it had sad moments along with happy ones and it had a really good fairy tale style hopeful ending.Lyra's story was so well written from beginning to end from the horrible thing done to her to her finally being where she belonged the whole time.