For some reason I Just don't tire of Royce and Hadrian. It's just so much fun to spend time with them.

At this point in the Rayira chronicles timeline, it is a bit hard for Sullivan to juggle between what the readers already know about the pair and what they know about themselves and each other.

Hadrian seems a bit too stupid this time around.

Villains have always been Sullivan's weakness and this time around though still a cartoon villain, the bad guy's backstory and motivations are well fleshed out.