I have no idea why I enjoyed this book so much. It was filled with a lot of detail about a complicated world and half the time I had no idea what was going on. Also, the characters are "deir" not men, which is a very important distinction. Still lassen was just such a sweetie pie, it was filled with intrigue and good 1980s-1990s romance drama and tension and it was just great fun I did not want to put it it down even though right now it's midnight and I'm like wtf did I just read?!