Ok, this is very subjective, but I felt a bit let down by this book. I can't help feeling like there is around 10-20 pages worth of text missing. The calm scenes are well written and well described, but pivotal scenes crucial to the story feels like sketches.

As an example; when the action is ramping up, the writing starts to feel rushed and I loose track over how the characters move in relation to each other. One is holding the other, no they are apart, now they are close again, no they are a distance from each other. Somebody is suddenly stabbing someone, something happens, explosion. It is like the author is so excited to write about this cool action sequence that he forgets we can't see the same images he has in his head.

I remember getting the same feeling from some of the writing in A Master of Djinn as well. But maybe it is just me.