This is a novel for those who love slow burn romances.  For me it made the for a slow as molasses pace as it was obvious from the time they met that the two characters would end up together.   I guess for those who like this trope they would enjoy how after each event the characters enmity or apathy thawed bit by bit until they could finally admit their love for each other right before they must separate. 

I hate this slow burn.  It makes for a very predictable and boring story 

The story itself is fine.  Its not an original story as great nomads of the steppe, the barbarian hordes, the horsemen clans of the grasslands and their brutish ways are nothing new.  The characters are fine, the writing is fine.  Its a completely average fantasy novel with a decent love story, maybe more so if you are into slow burns.