The good things:
Wintersong is beautifully written, quite poetic.
I found the world it’s set in original and interesting*.
The majority of characters are amazingly developed**.
After reading the summary, it seemed like would be a cookie-cutter mixture of lots of YA fantasies BUT IT WASN’T.
As someone who comes from a family with musicians, I loved the music references***.

The bad things:
*but the plot suffered in its favor. I wish more things happened. (yes, a die-hard plot fan here)
**with the exception of the main one (there were moments where I found her dull and I just couldn’t care less).
***but they could get a bit much, and I’m sure that some people <s>who aren’t as involved with music and it’s terminology</s> will have trouble immersing themselves in the world.
The whole story moves in a very slow pace that almost had me closing my Kindle app and never coming back to it again.
I found the romance portion of the story somewhat odd.
I didn’t really care for how the text is organized. The first half differentiates from the second so much that it barely felt like the same book.

With all that aside, this is just my opinion at this point of time. I’m not shutting down the chance of a re-read in the future. And I encourage you to read it and let me know your thoughts.

This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2017. The cover is gorgeous, the synopsis lead me to believe it would be a little bit Labyrinth like. Sadly, I just struggled to stay interested at all.

Don't get me wrong, the writing is beautiful. But, it's also almost TOO beautiful. I'm not big on flowery writing; or really, anything extremely lyrical. And that's how Wintersong made me feel. It also takes a while for things to start happening. Again, this I wouldn't mind if the book was the start of a series—to my knowledge, this isn't. When I read a standalone, I need more action and faster pacing.

This isn't a bad story by any means. It's just not a favorite of mine.