Review: Close to 4 star reading but rounding up.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2012
While things seemed to drag a bit in the first half, boy did things go from 0 - 80 quick about 60% into the book.  If it werent for the 2nd half filled with action and suspense, this would have been a 3-1/2 Star rating for me.  While I am now anticipating reading the next book, Sands of Time (cause yay! It's Myaten's book), I feel like things jumped around a lot and there were many unanswered questions about some characters. Things fell into place more near the end of the story but I wondered why some secondary characters had such a presence then kinda disappeared in the last half with not enough explanation. Then new side characters were introduced and played more of a role in the latter half but still not enough explanation. The H's backstory was not revealed until the very end, and while surprising (in a good way), I felt it would have made things clearer if it were told earlier in the book.  At times, I felt like I didn't know who was talking which interfered with my tracking and flow of the story. There were many surprises near the end and I'm anticipating more answers in book 2.  It was quite a unique and good story but could have been tightened up in a few places.