It's hard to rate the last book in an ongoing series, especially one like this where each book or pair of books is episodic rather than a giant arc (like some fantasy novels I could mention), especially because this is the last book that [a:Lynn Flewelling|42110|Lynn Flewelling|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-e0ba3b90c110cd67123d6a850d85373e.png] plans to do with these characters for now.

I will miss them. This entire series has been fun and clever and the best kind of sword and sorcery novels and, in particular, the past two books have been really enjoyable. (I have...mixed feelings about 4 and 5) But the characters carry the day, as they should in such a fantasy.

Reading [author: Lynn Flewelling] and [a:Ellen Kushner|11889|Ellen Kushner|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1243007888p2/11889.jpg] in close proximity makes me want to introduce the Duke of Tremontaine to Seregil. I can only imagine how oddly that would go.

This was a terrible review, I'm sorry. Consider this a short and odd letter to a fantasy series that I can only endorse as follows:
1) I bought the books in more than one format to read it on Shabbat and lend it.
2) I made my spouse read it.
3) I needed to own every new book that came out and preordered them.