This is the first I've read from this author and I'm really excited for the rest of the series!  I should have hated Ian, especially in the beginning, but instead I was excited to see how he would make it our to our FMC, Sileas, who was amazing.  In some ways she was a hopeless romantic, but at the same time she was a strong woman.  I loved reading about a heroine who had so much dimension, being strong, insecure, vulnerable, caring.  She didn't feel like some trope or cookie cutter heroine.  I loved the who gang, and can't wait for the rest of the boys' books.