** spoiler alert ** 
 This book caused me mixed emotions. Beginning was quite good, but I hated the part, when they sent Sonea and Akkarin out of the country. Hated it. I didn't want to read this part at all, but I don't like skipping pages. I liked the war and how everybody finally believed and honored Sonea and Akkarin. 
 I've read that book already 2-3 times, but for some reason I didn't remember the affair between Sonea and Akkarin. I remembered that Sonea was expecting Akkarin's child, but I didn't remember their flirting etc. 
 It's a book with sad ending and I hate these kind of books. Still it is a good trilogy and I'll probably read it again in the future.