It took me a while to fully get into Sweep in Peace, but then this book turned into an emotional rollercoaster ride and became unputdownable. 
 The world building in the Innkeeper Chronicles is unique. I loved the alien races and their cultures, the different worlds, and of course the inns. 
 The story is rather dark and evolves majorly around alien politics. 
 I had my issues with Dina, the heroine, for a good part of the book. 
 She often didn't see how people were playing her and it was just frustrating to read. And that changed only towards the end of the book when she was simply pissed enough not to care about people and their politics anymore. 
 Apart from that, the character writing was fantastic. I have not read the Edge series yet, but I am really curious to read about the younger versions of some of the characters appearing here, especially George, who was a manipulative peach for the major part of the book. 
 I had a feeling that nothing George ever did was spur-of-the-moment. If he ever had a one-night stand, it would probably be meticulously researched and organized. 
 I missed a bit of IA's snarky dialogues, but I loved Orro and Caldenia who partially made up for that fact and gave some comic relief into an otherwise gloomy surrounding. 
 "Very well. Like a primitive savage who sets out to tame the wilderness armed with nothing but a knife and his indomitable will, I will persevere. I will wrestle victory from the greedy jaws of defeat. I shall rise like a bird of prey upon the current of the wind, my talons raised for the kill, and I shall strike true." 
 Then Turan Adin happened, and I was not ready. 
 (view spoiler)[I wonder what will happen between Sean and Dina next. Poor Arland... I feel a little bad for him. 
 The exchange of memories between all the participants of the peace summit at the end of the book was so intense and a great solution to bring peace. (hide spoiler)] 
 And, let's be realistic here. That nameless cat is not really just a cat, is it?