Really enjoyed the series.

The characters were pretty fab. I still didn't "click" with Eliza, but Zuzana and Liraz and Mik and the like (can't forget Ziri... I did like Ziri), absolutely. They were all very cool.

A few things bothered me: all the foreshadowing, rather than just showing; all the "this is what happened, and here's a repeat of the dialogue from an earlier scene"; the "this is what was going on, oh, but the characters didn't know this, by the way"... Yeah. Anyway, that's just according to my personal preferences.

As a busy working mother, I'm struggling to really pull how I felt about the book apart.. but, I'm trying.

The first book in the series was great and really got me feeling things and interested in the characters' fates. By the end of the 3rd book, I cared less... I still wanted to know, but, I don't know... I guess it felt like things were drawn out enough to get a little annoying. And, while the first book had me seeing the scenes in my head, the 2nd and 3rd book lost that magic a bit. Characters thought and felt things, but I struggled to see their behaviours... I like to have a movie play out in my head. But so be it.

The story itself was intriguing and well thought out. There was a depth to it that I appreciate, and there were certainly many themes being investigated: the need for wars to bring peace, and how they could be ended and a real peace achieved.

Yeah... On the whole, this is one I would recommend to just about anyone. Well worth the read. How much you LURVE it will be up to you...