First off : There is a map! A Map!! I love so much when authors makes maps for their books.

I really liked how the story began with Bleak.
Usually I am not really fond of third person but i liked it in this one.

In the first book I wasn't fond of Henri nor of the other Valia but she grows more on me in the later books ( although out of the four main characters she was my least favorite.)

Dash and Swinton were my favs. (Poor Swinton