The actual premise of this book is fantastic, and I was enthralled at the beginning as we found out about it. The writing is engaging and created real atmosphere and setting. It seemed the ideal fantasy book for me. 
 
However, the horrific 'romance' in this book completely ruined the experience. 

Guiwenneth, the ‘woman’ brought into existence from the main character’s ideals as the perfect partner, is a literal child – “She was a girl. A child”. She’s “16 or 17”, while her only meaning in the book is as an object of sexual desire for the main character. What’s more, her childishness is seen as one of her best features! “childish, terrifying sexuality” – so gross and wildly disappointing. 

After reading other reviews and seeing that this disgraceful ‘romance’ plot only gets worse, I’ve decided to not put myself through any more of the book. I was SO disappointed by this turn, why couldn’t it have just stayed a nice, normal, non-predatory fantasy? Is that really asking for too much?