This book gave me a wild ride, and while usually books that are so hyped up make me wary, which made me avoid this series for so long, I have to say this DEFINITELY lived up to its hype.  From start to finish this was a very engaging plot line full of twists and turns and emotionally driven story.  I loved characters, I disliked characters, and then turned to LOATHING some characters entirely (looking at you here, you traitorous wretch...you know who you are....>.>).  I laughed so hard I cried, I cried so hard it was hard to breathe in places...  If it were possible to rate a book higher than 5 stars, I would absolutely do so with this book.  Absolutely amazing.