Dark Ages: Fae is, without a doubt, one of the more beautiful and elegant White Wolf releases to date. By ditching the childish silliness of Changeling: The Dreaming (and everything else related to it), Fae is able to take on a much more "believable", adult view of matters within the context of the Dark Ages.
All aspects of this book are extremely creative, and - unlike many of White Wolf's games - it offers a great deal of character customization straight from the start. No longer are characters molded from one of many archtype Clans or Tribes, but now rather they are seperated into the four Seasonal Courts (as well as the the Courtless), and three completely different "races", each with its own positives and negatives. There are the "True" Fae, born of chaos, the Inanimae, born of the elements, and Changlings who are half humans and half True Fae.
Add onto that a plethora of fascinating story ideas from the setting material itself, Dark Ages: Fae can sell itself in a single read (as it did to me!).
The thing that has stood out to me the most, however, is how "bright" this game can be. It needn't be dark and angst-wridden at all. Furthermore, with the politics of the Courts and the interaction between the different fae races, you have a whole seperate, self-contained and self-sustaining society built on life in the Dark Ages, only with all the amazing, wondorous things you can expect from any epic fantasy roleplaying game.
The magic system is great. By "unleashing", a fae is able to perform literally any kind of magical feat - for a price. Other than unleashings, there are "cantrips" (spells) for use in nearly any occasion. Each Court has its own set, and there is a set for all Courts as well. The fae start out with a huge number of these. So, unlike other White Wolf games (like Mage), you feel like a purely magical being "right out of the box".
Lastly, all Fae but those among the ranks of the Winter Court strive for a bright future, be it with humans or not, and the notion of hope is extremely prevelant in the text. It is this fact alone which makes Fae a wonderful, worth-while read.