an OK first novel
This wasn't that bad...it just wasn't that good either. As a first novel, the writing was better than average, but the plot and other story elements were nothing new. You will probably enjoy this book if you have not read that much fantasy; if you have, it will probably seem to drag on a bit. This should probably have been published as a YA paperback. You have to force your disbelief down with both hands to accept that teenage Karigan could have accomplished what she did. I think it is a shame that unpolished novels appear in hardcover while rare gems like Jane Lindskold's "Changer" only come out in paperback.