It took me forever to read this book. I think I first gave it a go years ago, but I couldn't get into the first couple of pages and so I left it. This time, I started reading it a couple of days before I went to hospital for an emergency medical condition, and so I kind of forgot about it. I tried to read while I was in hospital, but the painkillers made it really hard to focus on the words, and I had a second surgery in January that did the same thing. So, finally feeling better a week ago, I gave it a proper try, and it was pretty darn good. 
 I don't recall being bothered by anything in the book other than the introduction of the 'love triangle', and I remember a bit of dialogue being weirdly jarring at one point. The story was great, and I really enjoyed it, but it felt a little juvenile, and while I really enjoyed a lot of the book, I didn't feel like I couldn't put it down very often, and so it's just shy of four stars for me. 
 I've started Crown of Midnight, and it's going alright so far. I hope that can answer some questions for me.