Honestly this is one of the worst books I've ever read. I had to fight to finish it and it sat on my desk for several weeks before I finally forced myself to sit down to read it. The characters are...boring. The plot is basic and nothing special in my opinion. Yes I know that this is the first in a series but...honestly I'm not impressed. The Roush remind me of Bartok the bat from Anastasia and were a poor attempt at adding humor to an already lackluster story. Nothing was really explained and I still don't understand why it's so important to get these books. If Teeleh (or whatever his name is) still exists, then where is Elyon? The Horde army just gave up that quickly? What? And a traitor in the midst? Yeah..boring. 
 I would look for another series to get into. Just pass over this one, you won't be missing anything.