This volume in the series was slower to start than the previous three. But it did ramp up considerably in the last 25% of the book there was an excellent cliffhanger ending, though it is sad to contemplate the fact that it’ll probably be at least a year before readers can find out what happens next.

I found the romance in this book less convincing than in the previous three, but I loved the connections to the Clocktaur War series.