This book is ruined by the fact that there are so many changes in POV, it makes you dizzy. The POV will change mid-chapter, mid-paragraph or even mid-sentence. It will even go as far as switching to a character that is completely irrelevant to the plot, just so the reader can be informed of the quality of the craftmanship of the wheels of the carriage.

I understand what the author is trying to do, but there are much better methods to convey that kind of information.

And then the book just finished, without any kind of resolution. Granted, Kaede did save the world, but one of the major plotlines was her uncertain future. But we have to guess how that future will unfold when she reaches home, because the book ends when they reunite with a party member that was too injured to continue.

Too bad, because there was so much potential.