I loved the relationship betwen Avry and Kerrick, but........ the rest of the book just didn't do anything for me. The plot was well thought out and everything, but the writing was just so very, very blah. There was no emotion, no description, nothing. It was like a listing of events. People healed, died, got in life threatening situations, fell in love, and it was all narrated in this very nonchalant, "Oh this happened, and then this happened, and thennn this..." manner. There was absolutely no introspection on the part of any of the characters. 
 So good plot, good characters, but just...... horribly weak storytelling. :'(