I'm not really sure what to say...the magical aspects were weird but the storyline kept me guessing enough that I wanted to stay with it. I really liked the retelling aspects and the underlying struggle between good and evil, including Vassa's internal struggles with doing the right thing. The ending was anticlimactic and confusing, but I still enjoyed the story as a whole.

Two favorite quotes:

"Harmony has no better preservative than oblioviousness" (Pangolin)

"Because being human is a hard lesson to learn and you really have to start young and practice constantly if you're going to stand a chance of getting good at it." (Vassa)