3-3.25 
 This book was soooo underwhelming and way too long and boring. I found myself really liking some moments and then actually being put to sleep at other moments. I can't even remember another book that put me to sleep this much. There were so many passages of about 30-80 pages that could have been removed, I can think of at least 4 of them right now. The ending draaaaged and (view spoiler)[ the part that this whole book was building up to happened in .5 seconds and then it was over... what??? I put in so much time and energy into a story that had about a five second climax with two hours before and an hour after. That is bogus. (hide spoiler)] I'm giving it 3 stars because I did enjoy the characters and totally shipped Raff and Bann, and there were parts to the story I did quite enjoy. I'm not going to continue on with this companion series, and I'm so very thankful that it's a companion series and not a real series.