I'm torn on this book. In some respects, I want to give it four stars, because I did genuinely like the story. But other aspects I really disliked and would give one or two stars, like the over-use of epithets and some plot and character issues. Having been written at such a young age, though, it's impressive, and I think all the problems other than the disappointing ending will easily be ironed out as Saxon develops as a writer and with age. So I'm going in the middle with three stars.