Maybe I'm just easily entertained, but I thought this book, and series in general was pretty interesting. After the first book, which I admit was only probably a 2.5* book, the others were fairly interesting. I do think that the author has somewhat limited the world to her characters by limiting events. This statement is somewhat comfusing, but I think you will understand once you read the books. However, this book kept me entertained and it was very fast paced. I actually think it could have been longer and had a bit more detail, but thats probably because lately I've been reading R. Jordan novels. Overall though, a good book.