This book was absolutely terrible. It's a rare case when I have nothing good I can find to say about a book, but here we are. . . I was so disappointed. Understand that I absolutely loved the first part of this series - the first trilogy/3 books. I was then so excited to learn there was another trilogy/second part to this series. Then the author took everything I enjoyed, including the potential bits of promise in terms of interesting characters and plots in the second part, and just ruined it bit by bit. Not just in terms of plots, but in relation to characters as well. By this book, it was the worst though. A culmination of everything terrible. When I saw where it was going as far as story and plot I just gave up; stopped with like 20-30 pages to spare or something. I just couldn't take it anymore how much this second part turned the series to trash. If I honestly didn't love the art of these books so much I'd get rid of the copies I own of the second half of this series. Anyways, after this happened I vowed never to read another book by this author again, and reviews of other books by them reassure me that it was the smart choice.