I really enjoyed this! It is a lot more grown up than many of the other Temora Pierce books which was really nice. The story telling was great and it is wonderful with these longer Pierce books where she have space to expand a bit more on things. I really enjoy the way she hinted at how the socity changed to a more patriarcal one. And her handling of the slave-issue was great - it made me read up on the ending of slavery in Europe again.