Angie P. (idemandjustice) reviewed on 4/6/2009

Helpful Score: 1

I enjoyed this book. I knew going in that it was meant to be essentially The Lord of the Rings from the bad guys' perspective. And that made me a little nervous, not because I wouldn't enjoy that sort of thing, but because I feared it meant I'd get attached to protagonists who were doomed. To avoid spoiling anyone, I will refrain from saying whether or not my worry was justified.

I felt there were a few too many characters, which resulted in less development all around. I would have preferred her to focus on a few, like Tanaros and Lilias, and develop them more thoroughly. I just couldn't force myself to care about a lot of the other characters at all.

I think a lot of the criticism I've seen of these books on amazon and such is a bit unfair, coming from people who expected these to be similar in style from her Kushiel books. If you set that expectation aside, I think these books are for the most part enjoyable.

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