Marked Beauty is a very gripping book. The writer does a good job at reeling you into the story. The world the writer has created is amazing: the many storylines about Ana, her missing mother and her abilities and Viktor and his strange past are captivating. Especially the parts where Ana is finding out  what she is and how she is trying to cope with her gifts.

At times, though, it feels very fast paced. I would have liked it if she had elaborated a little bit more about "the Realm, the Rifters or  Energy Portals", because it is confusing at times. So a little more detail for me, would've made the story more understandable. The on-again-off-again relationship between Ana and Viktor bothers me. It isn't very clear if they are involved or not throughout the book.