I known that this book is YA so I am definitely not the target audience, however,  there are a lot of YA books that I enjoy reading, this was not one of them. 

I found nearly all the characters annoying. The plot itself is interesting as is the world Leigh Bardugo built, but having only Alina's POV really limited the way I could emers myself in the story. She is very superficial and seams easily manipulated. 

I fully agree with all the reviews of the Netflix serie. It is definitely an upgrade from the book.