(Thank you, GoodReads, for not saving my first review :/ I'll try to recreate it in spirit as best I can, I suppose...) 
 Well, it's just a day short of two months, but I finally finished this book. I could try to say something like work picked up or some other generic life-got-in-the-way excuse for why it took me so dang long, but the truth is I just never got that nagging need of picking the book back up after I had stopped about 42% of the way in. The book is great and all, but that part of the story is just so . . . bleh. 
 This story, by the way, is all about Sieh, the childish trickster god, and his adventures due to some mysterious circumstances surrounding his encounter with two mortal children. However, despite Sieh pretty much being the god of fun and games, these weren't no fun and games here. Especially midway through. There's a lot of emotion in this novel. A lot of internal conflict, moody introspection, facing inevitable ends, et cetera. There's some politics thrown in here and there, a dash of romance (more of the smexy sort), and some action, once you really get to it. And chaos. Lots of things going on in the second half. You really have to make it through that first half, though... 
 Really, though, the novel pulled through in the end. A few sub-plots turned major in a way I hadn't foreseen (especially when I was stuck at 42%), and the stakes were raised in pretty much the highest way. And the ending was well done, if seeming a bit anti-climatic at first glance. But it was a fitting end for this trilogy, wrapping up everything necessarily while leaving enough room for spin-offs (or lovely fanfics, if you prefer). 
 Anyway, my tip to you, possible reader, is to read through the middle. Really, don't stop. Don't put it down and lose hope. This story is just as brilliant as the first two, I promise.