" A disappointing end to the trilogy. The epic sensibility - and seemingly more careful craftsmanship - of the second novel, What's Bred in the Bone, sparked high expectations for the final book that were let down. The plot structure seemed haphazard, with some subplots introduced that seemed to fizzle out; characters' voices were erratic, inconsistent; there seemed to be only a loose correlation between the first book and this third one, so the coherence of the trilogy broke down. Davies seemed to have changed his mind about the book several times without revising it for continuity, and the effect made the book uninteresting, interminable, unsatisfying. "
— Mike, 2/10/2014