Of the BDB books, this was probably my least favorite. I'm all for unusual (even less-than-happy) endings but this left me scratching my head and wondering what exactly the author was smoking the day she sent it in for publication. The meat of the book was also a little hard to slog through as well. Not - unenjoyable, but difficult to enjoy, if that makes sense. I would recommend this only so you know Vishous' story and you can continue on to the other books, but other than that, it was mediocre at best. 3 stars is pushing it, if I were able, I'd probably give it 2 1/2.