It took me a long time with borrowing this book twice to get into this, but it was worth it once I did.

I initially put the book aside because it starts on Liliath as the main character and she's not likeable to put it lightly.

But then I remembered that Garth Nix has a talent for getting me to really like his main characters so I gave it another chance. And Simeon, Dorotea, Agnez and Henri won me over.