This is a really interesting read for me because I've been most curious about this one character, Aveoth, since his name had been introduced in earlier in the series. The other books portray him as being as the mysterious / powerful / not the kinda guy you want as an enemy. It's nice to see that there are logical reasons why he seems that way to all the other characters that had books before him. Another thing I like is how you get an insider's look on what it's like in his home territory and the politics and how past history outs affecting the current mood of all of the people he rules over. Also, an entertaining phrase that's repeated is "bat-babies" to which no one of Gargoyle and Gargoyle/other race seems to be offended but more amused.

That's not to say there aren't a couple of things that I don't like, but given that it's only about 350? pages you kind of have to roll with the speediness at that events occur. The female protagonist is one of the more...one dimensional characters, but not the most one (That honor goes to Dusti in the first book Drantos.) I am still reading more of the other books in the series and will provide more reviews as I can.