Well this book just rocked out with it's cock out and I loved it!! At the beginning, I liked Elisa, but hated how she always put herself down about her looks and being runner up to her sister, but by the end she was so fierce, confident, and courageous. I loved how her mind connected things and she was willing to sacrifice herself to save her people. The romance comes about in a very unexpected way. Elisa loved and I loved her for it because she knew the risks of it, and loved anyway. There was a surprising amount of action and fighting between people wanting to kill Elisa because she was the bearer of the Godstone, and then the kingdom and the savages being at war. The secondary characters were great (even though some of them weren't who them seemed). And best of all..... No cliffhanger. Woo hoo. There is a second book that I'm very much looking forward to reading.