I have to be honest; I find it kind of disturbing that every bride kidnapped ends up falling in love with her kidnapper. I could make an exception in the first book because she was the main character, and well, that was what the story was about. But in this book we have (view spoiler)[ 2 more brides! And they even start to fall for their husbands-to-be in the few days that took the travelling from their camp to the goblin kingdom. I know they were mistreated and abused in their camp, but it seemed too easy (hide spoiler)]. It didn't feel right. 
 As you can see, I didn't like this book so much as the first one... most of it is spent with Em chasing Seylin chasing elves due to a misunderstanding when Seylin tried to propose. The thing is, Marak is keeping them from finding each other on purpose, and I still don't get why exactly. Maybe he wanted to wait for Seylin to find the elves; maybe he wanted Em to have some time to reflect... it wasn't clear. 
 And what's up with that weird ending with Til? It served as an introduction for the next book, but in this one it just felt that it came out of the blue... like the author was trying to stretch the story because if not the book would be too short. 
 I liked though, it was fast and entertaining and the story of the elves was interesting, but I didn't love it.