I wasn't a huge fan of this book and considered DNF-ing a few times. A lot of the dialogue was hard to read, particularly with Lilla's father and the "swears" made it difficult to take seriously. I liked Arrov, Callum, and the Teryn's in general but disliked most of the other characters. The pacing wasn't very consistent either and I had a hard time with some of the names, the Dark Lord of Destruction, otherwise referred to as "DLD" in particular.

I'm generally a lenient reviewer but this book just was not for me. I read mostly scifi and fantasy too so it's not a genre issue.

It has a gorgeous cover at least!