Once it gets going, the pacing is fast, as the plot moves from one point to the next. Having said that, the creepy scenes are my favorite in the whole book–that feeling of catching your breathe and holding it. I thought this book was going to show the fae as beautiful and terrible as the lore does, only to have that change in the last chapter. If looked at through the lens of a fairy tale, maybe I should just accept it is love, although to me that is what comes after the adventure. There is one well done love scene that shows you the possiblity of what Min and Kaz could be to each other, but the circumstances are not romantic. There is nothing except what needs to be there at any particular moment. For instance, the scenery is described well, but not well enough for those who love fantasy world-building. Sometimes I felt like it was trying to do too much and so it missed the opportunity to be great at any one thing. Large parts of this show Robert in a bad light, but is Robert doing any less for Talys?
Henry is sweeter than Min ever had a chance to be, and Min tries to keep him that way. Of course, she is convenient for moving the plot along as are all the women in this story they are strong, brave, and resourceful. There is a side love story with Talys and Henry. At first I wondered why Talys was even allowed/made to come on this journey and then I realized Robert probably thought it was the lesser of two evils rather than leaving her with Edward. Edward’s son, Robert, is also stuck between doing something reprehensible while doing his duty and being loyal to his father, or protecting his daughter. It’s so close, but doesn’t quite get there because while there is lust, guilt, fascination, and attachment…it is not quite love yet in my opinion. I can’t help but think if the journey had taken longer, if the love had been fully actualized between Min and Kaz, it would have been more heart wrenching and interesting: a Sophie’s Choice, where random chance is morally preferable in the moral dilemma Min is caught in. When Edward, the head of the Sabadine family, curses Harry to coerce Min into retrieving his grandson Kazimir from a seaside village called Anhaga, it starts a series of series of events that lead to tensions between the King of Amberwich and the Hidden Lord.Ī large part of the book focuses on the morality or even fairness of what’s happening. This is the first clue that he has a heart in his cynical, morally flexible shell and if he lashes out in anger or bitterness, well it’s better than fear. This is written in the third person point of view of Aramin, or Min, who I wasn’t sure had anything to recommend his character except his adopted nephew Harry.
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