I thought this was an interesting first book to a trilogy by Maria v. Snyder whom i've grown to love as an author and reading the story of Avry a different character in this beautiful world that she, has created so very well that keeps you on the edge of your seat and I found this book to be exactly that. I've never really been on for high fantasy stories but this actually makes me want to read more of it. The character development was incredible as well as the conflict that was different from anything I've read before. Will definitely read the next two in the trilogy soon as well as her other works.
