I'm probably not the right demographic for this book/series. If I remember rightly, I got it for free, having been notified by one of the many cheap/free book deal emails you can sign up to and it didn't make any mention that this was a young adult series. Even then, I think there will be young adults out there who have more discerning tastes.

It's not all bad - something about the characters draws you in and while I have no plans to buy book three at present, I wouldn't rule it out in a moment of weakness in the future, if only to see how all the many cliffhangers are resolved. (The problem will probably be that there will be even more cliffhangers at the end of the next volume, and the next, and the next...)

If you are happy with the unexplained - for example how an energy barrier works in what is a pseudo-medieval world - strange and unlikely creatures - "He saw a long, purple snake, nearly the length of the boat, with a dozen heads on it, spaced out all along its body." - passages that makes on sense and should probably have been proof read - "He detected movement and looked over to see that his attendants were not there." So, what had made the movement, then??? - then it's possible you will enjoy this book more than I did.