This was a good story and a cool concept, and I liked the central dynamic between Hollis, Lukxa, and Dagen. As such, I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately, I think the prose could've used a last pass or two with an editor, and there were a few too many suggestive comments and scenes for me to really be a fan. (To be fair, those comments and scenes aren't any worse than what you'd get in some general-market fantasy, but I found this book at Realm Makers, so my standards are a little different.)