I still hate Frisha, other than that it's great.

Seriously Frisha is frankly awful, judgemental mean, fly's off the Handel and doesn't seem to appreciate the fact that Reskin has saved her, and others lives on multiple occasions. she has no compassion for the fact Res is emotionally stunted, her character expects purity of action from others but not from her self; whilst being irrational most of the time, with her character going through little development of her own skills, world view and maturity of action. Other than that it's a pretty great book, various characters go on adventures and grow as people both in them selves and their responsibilities and actions. This book follows several characters not just Reskin as they spin off from main cast which for the most part is successful and allows the author to develop characters like Tam more fully and if he'd just been part of Reskins entourage. Though I think the author does over rely a touch on conflict with others through characters not explaining things and being irrational and unable to relate due to the other person in the conversation. In some cases this makes sense for instance if Reskin threatens there position as king or they have a different belief system. But in other cases it's just conflict for its sake, aka Frisha. The battles are great once again, as are the discriptions of the build up to some magic actions, along with the consequences, some being equally heavy for some of the characters, helping to challenge them and allow them to develop. This book delves further into the fantasy side of things too. So I hope everyone's good with that, still it's done in a natural way. Over all 4.5 to 5 out of 5. Trisha really pissed me off Malcius suffers from the same thing to, to some degree. But I'd say his character evolves & moves forward more during this book. I get that there prissy nobles but I thought they'd of changed more by now, Tieran certainly has and continues to do so in this book. Other wise it would be pure 5 stars from me.