To be honest, before reading this book, I was super excited for it but also super anxious that I would not be able read this book or enjoy it as much as I should.
My first concern was that I haven't read the source material and as a matter of fact, I haven't read anything by Shakespeare, because of the language. So, naturally, my second concern was that since English is not my mother-tongue, I was afraid of the Shakespearean language that the book (or parts of it) would possibly be written in. After all, my worries were worsened when I saw that a couple of early reviewers had had these problems.
Surprisingly, however, I didn't have any of these problems. My lack of knowledge of the original play did not affect my reading much, because it's so perfectly summarized and explained throughout the book that I didn't feel I was missing out on anything. Similarly, the used language didn't pose much of a problem for me either (of course, this can be different for different people).

Anyway ...
Even though this book is completely different from all the Darren Dash/Shan books, I loved it with all my heart.
The writing is great. The parts written in prose are perfectly simple and easy to follow and the verse parts were so much fun to read. I specially enjoyed when the characters, specially the actual Ferries, spoke in rhythms, and at each scene, I wanted them to speak like that more :)).
The characterization is done amazingly. You get to know all the characters from early-on and care for them, either you like them or not. I had different feelings for each character throughout the story, sometimes I liked them, at some points I disliked them or was neutral towards them. Of course, I did have my favorite and least favorite characters. I highly disliked some characters (Kate and Terence), but at the end, I didn't want anything bad to happen to either of them.
The pace is slightly slower at the beginning as we are introduced to characters but it gets faster as the action begins. Overall, the pace wasn't a problem at all.
There may not have been gore and blood in this story, but all the mischief was honestly so much fun! Even though I felt sorry for The Players, most of the time I enjoyed and liked what Del did.
There are great laughs too. I don't know how many times I was smiling or laughing at my phone/laptop like an idiot.
The plot is super engaging and unpredictable. I couldn't say what would become of The Players and the play or the Plan until the end of the play. The best I could predict at one point was just the next few line, which of course was due to the dramatic irony of the scene.
And I couldn't have asked for a better ending, either for the play, the Players or Del.

I highly recommend this book to everyone, specially those who like fantasy, whether they have read/watched A Midsummer's Night Dream or not.