" I was really looking forward to this book, being a completely different world and story than all the rest of Hobb's books. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations. I think it had a lot of potential, but for what happens and what is written it is just too long. I dare say, the editor didn't do his/her job very well. There was so much which Hobbs wrote over and over. The book could've been easily half as long and would've been more powerful that way. As it is, I found it tedious and boring and unsure of where it was going. "
— Diane, 12/30/2013