3.5 rounded up to 4. There was a lot about this that I loved, but it took a while for me to get invested and I still feel really lost about some things. I will continue because I love Safi and Isuelt and Merik (and Evrane and Aeduan even) so much but I think that Windwitch will need to provide some answers and clear things up a bit (not even like big plot things) to get me to continue. That sounds a bit more intense that I mean lol I just don't like continuing books when I'm constantly left in the dark whether intentionally or not. It's why I never really got into Lost haha.