I could tell where the author wanted to take this book, but it just didn't get quite there. I still liked it, but truthfully have little interest in reading the next one. I believe others will like it better than I did as I have somewhat aquired standards in the reading in so many books. So many I can't remember them all. I am a hard and blunt critic. It's worth another chance though. The world was beautiful. Like fantasy and scifi mixed into one.