Well, I’ve finally finished the book – and I say finally because it took me long enough. At one point, I just stopped being overly eager to read it. At one point, it just stopped being overly interesting. I mean, I LIKED most of it, I just didn’t get too emotionally involved. I still like the characters a lot – ALL of them – but the pace didn’t suit me at all. Too much retelling, somehow, too many explanatory dialogue. And when it came to action, I just didn’t feel the proper tension.

Honestly, the ending was ancticlimactic, for me. Too few of the old PoV characters were there, in the end, so, yet again, I couldn’t get really emotionally involved. I new I SHOULD care about what would happen, but somehow didn’t, not much. I get the feeling that the battle was well thought out, but I couldn’t FEEL it, somehow.

Now. It seems I’ve pointed out only what I didn’t like. I rated it as ‘worth reading’, though. I love how folklore and legends are mixed in with everything else. I love demythologizations. And characters are rather well develpoed.

Besides,It’s just the first book in a series, and there were a lot of things tht needed explaining. I will definitely continue reading the series… just not at once. I need a short break.