This book was okay. If it weren't for my reading challenge, I would have abandoned it at two or three different places.

Cons:
- several words repeated (such as covertly) that distract from the otherwise decent writing
- Deus Ex Machina ending
- relatively flat characters, even important ones
- only one spot in the book with any real tension
- lack of descriptions where they are needed
- pacing is far too slow
- sudden mythological creatures in an otherwise normal world

Pros:
- I can see how the author grew by the time she wrote Glittering Court
- The premise is interesting
- descriptions of sound and hearing

It was a decent book. I don't have anything terribly negative to say, but nothing overwhelmingly positive either.