Review: Can't understand the appeal  (spoilers)
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2012
I can't understand how this book managed to get a four star rating.  The whole book seemed to be about Lissa and her relationships with the other characters, and the "bad guy" was just a background thought.  It's mentioned that she is going through the gates to battles, but the only detail we get is that one (or more) of her husbands/mates/whatever was worried about her when she is missing.  All the polygamous relationships and amount of characters were so confusing that I was re-reading sections to keep track of who was who and with whom.  I found myself having Anita Blake flashbacks since it seemed that all of the male characters were in love with Lissa and/or sleeping with her.Lissa of course knows who is related to who, and many of the rest are reincarnated from past characters so there is no need to introduce anyone new and spend the time getting to know them.  No time is taken for previous characters to get to know her again after being affected by the forgetfulness spell, their memories are simply restored (poof!) in a flash of magic.My advice is to stop at book 5, where there is an actual bad guy to overcome and not some vague otherworldly threat that gets defeated (with minimum explanation) by super-powered Lissa (powers also achieved with minimum explanation and even less credibility) who becomes (gasp!) queen of the world.