I admit that I was quite skeptical about this book, as the "Rowan Blood" trilogy hasn't convinced me that much so far. >-<" But ... I think I really liked "The Fox And The Dryad“?! Some (or more) things were too cliché for me and others too cheesy, but I ended up loving the story. I especially liked how a deal with a fey affects Briar. What it does to him - psychologically and physically. All these class and race differences and the "culture" of the fey already captured me in the "Rowan Blood" series and even though it's much more " focused" here (it's mainly about the deal), I found it very exciting again, because this book covered a different aspect. Briar got on my nerves from time to time with his stubborn behaviour and attitudes, if I'm honest. (Mal was no better though). I also think their relationship is very unbalanced in terms of giving and taking, but they can work on that in the future ûu All in all a nice book for in between which was predictable (for me) but very entertaining. <3