Lovely little book, lots of feelings about family and beloning, so that's nice. I don't thinkthe villain's motive made as much sense as the hero side, but there were a bunch of interesting stories going on so I don't suppose it matters. I think knowing more about the Breccan society would have been helpful, I don't think the cultural norms there were quite clear until late in the book. But I suppose this book has a sequal all about that? It's a lovely book, but somehow I just didn't get into it as much as I would have liked. I don't know if that's because I don't have anything in common with the characters or if I just picked it up at the wrong time. It's a lovely book and I liked it, I just wasn't really into it.