I hate to hate on a book too much, because I understand how hard it is to finish one and get it published...but this book was one of the only books I have ever stopped reading once I got past the 50% mark (this one I stopped less than 100 pages from the end because my faith that it would get better just never happened the next books are even longer than this one).

The characters were mid-level unlikeable across the board; not a single female character was believable at all (I'm not even saying it failed the B test, it did, but mainly the female characters feel like they were written by a 15 year old boy who has never spent time with a girl).

The plot was all over the place; with people who are supposed to be the best warrior in blah and blah getting their butts handed to them by kids; the interspersed historical and religious texts seemed to be written for a video game; and did I mention how badly the female characters were written?

I mean there was a nugget of goodness in it that I kept hoping would get shined but it never did... it just got more and more shite dumped on it. This book made me very sad because I hate when a book disappoints this badly.