Two and a half stars. 
 Not that it was bad, but I just couldn't get myself to care and dnf at almost the end of the book. I think (view spoiler)[ the death of the king's dog (hide spoiler)]did it for me. Otherwise, I found all the characters lacking in depth and all the situations already seen or read somewhere else. 
 Sad that the most colorful and vivid characters of the book was... the ghost. 
 OK, I'm kidding. 
 It was the swords woman working for the bad side. 
 So, if you didn't read a lot of fantasy, and are rather new to the genre, it could do it for you. If you already read Tolkien and, for example, Mercedes lackey, you can avoid it and go back to your classics.