I'm rounding this up from 3.5 because I continue to like the series. But the beginning of this one really dragged for me. I thought that it got bogged down with too many POVs and with Amun being out of commission. The second half definitely picked up when it really concentrated on Amun and Haidee's relationship and what they needed to accomplish. It turns into kind of an unusual road romance and I typically enjoy road romances. So that really engaged me more than the beginning.

One thing in this book bugged me a little and I never noticed with previous LOTU books is that there seems to be some BDB-like vocabulary starting with the warriors. Not the made up words with random "H's" but the weird slang making ancient warriors sound like a bunch of pre-teen girls. I have no issue with the modern slang but it should at least sound like guy slang, not girl slang. Anyway, I seem to be in an every other book pattern with this series. I loved books 2, 4 & 6. And the ones in between are OK but not my favorites. So I'm looking forward to Strider's book, since it's #8 and his girl is a harpy and I love those harpies.