It's usually very difficult for me to find fault with fantasy books, but I struggled with this first in a duology. There is, as many other reviewers have stated, very little ground for Anghara to be the "true queen", unless we're working off of legitimate birth being a genuine requirement; her half-brother's actions pursuant to taking the throne lend some strength to her claim, but far too often does our bonny protagonist seem far too god-touched and blessed and Special Snowflake-like to win hearts and gain followers on her own grounds - on the grounds of external forces, yes (magic and gods and visions), but simply because of her innate qualities and behaviour? Not so much.

I can't decide if I'll pick up the second one to see if it improves, or not.