Without a doubt, my favorite of the trilogy. This was a wonderfully paced book, where I felt the main character writing actually improved and my friend Jaelan went from a slightly annoying coward, to a slightly annoying coward who I really really enjoyed reading about. I started to look forward to his comments and tried to second guess how he would respond. I have to hand it to Mark Lawrence, he played this character well, when I first started reading, I was worried that Jarl was going to be a character I hated as much as Kip from Lightbringer, or Thomas Covenant or the entire cast of WoT, but no, as much as a coward as Jaelan is, he actually pulls of enough of the heroics (albeit, somewhat by fluke) to make him very believable and eventually like-able. 
 By the end of this book, I did not want the story to end. I wanted my Snoori and Jarl adventures, maybe less sailing to a town, getting drunk, shagging the local dukes/headman/nobles daughter and fleeing in the night and more journeys to Wheel of Osheims. 
 A thoroughly enjoyable read. If you liked Prince of Thorns, then it bet a few bucks you'll enjoy this. Set in the same time, Jorg and Jarl actually share a jar or two. If you found Jorg's romping around the country a little to dark and grim, then you might like Red Queen, it is no where near as dark. It still has it's moments, but no where near the level of Jorg's lot. 
 Go for it, a bloody good, fun read.