Wow, okay so this was super long, and I was preparing to deduct some stars, but then the final ending was so good! I loved the wrap up and the realism of it, but also the hope.
But again, to me, the one off note is Dara, and in this book I found him to be exhaustingly stupid, his chapters were a slog to get through. But I can tell the AUTHOR likes Dara, and probably the fact that his unquestioning servitude, his worship, his need to rescue women, and how exhausting I find it, is good to help me identify WHY I find that exhausting about someone.
I do think this could have been two books—I got lost in some of the mythology, and there was a lot in this one. But I will definitely re-read it!