I'm glad Melissa de la Cruz is back and this book sounds like it will be better than her last few. I've enjoyed some of her books but some were just plain bad. I love these types of fantasy books! Shadow seems like a badass character who is a strong, courageous woman and Caledon seems like a good pivot point from Shadow as the queen's assassin. I love the premise of it and the cover is so pretty and intriguing!