4.5 stars
Wow I can say I was really blown away by this book. I didn't really know what to expect, as this is my first Holly Black book and I didn't know the world she had built. But I jumped right in and ended up reading it in 2 days. Her writing style grabbed me and didn't let go. The prologue was so insane that I was like yep...I'm in this thing!

I found the MC Jude so interesting because of her juxtaposition in this world. Human growing up in the Faerie world. Raised by the very man who murdered her parents and capture her and her sisters. An older sister who is fae, but hates them...a twin who is human and loves/fears the fae. Jude wants to be a warrior. She has not only embraced her new world, but wants to risk her life to fight for it. Even though her Fae classmate hate her and like to threaten and torture her just because she is human. I was intrigued by every character and honestly need to know more and more about them. If they could each have their own book I would devour them all.

My emotions were wrung dry during this book. At one point it made my chest hurt with everything that was going on, but instead of taking a break I pushed on because I could NOT put it down. I needed to know what would happen, even if it was terrible and broke my heart. The last third of the book especially crushed and revived me.

Needless to say I absolutely recommend this book and I am planning to read The Darkest Part of the Forest because I need more of this world. The wait for the 2nd book might just kill me. I have a few of her books on my TBR and they are all getting bumped up because of this amazing book.