I really enjoyed this book. I was a little hesitant to start the book. I thought it would drag on, but I coudn't have been more wrong. There is enough action to balance out the downtime. There's really not much downtime in this book. Karigan's adventure's take her from one happenstance to another. But besides the action adventure that takes place I think I almost enjoyed the people she met along the way particularly the Berry sisters. 
 I thought that Karigan was a great female heroine. She's strong and intelligent. I liked that even though she was given an extremely tough deed to carry out she still did it. There were a couple times she tried to get out of it, but those always felt like half-hearted attempts. She is a caring character and she takes risks to save others from having to get hurt. 
 Our characters were really put through a lot in the course of the story. I know that this is a series (4 books are currently out now) so I knew not to worry, but there were instances when I wasn't so sure they would get out without being permanently damaged. Kristen Britain did great with the suspense. 
 I liked the third person POV. We shifted from Karigan's point of view to various other characters throughout. It was good to keep the reader aprised of what was going on in other parts of the country in order to bring everything to a head in the end. 
 I look forward to continuing this series, but I know that the 4th book was just released and the time between books can range from 3-4 years or more. So while I will keep on reading I feel like I should pace myself.