Helpful Score: 2
Strong woman rises from the dregs of her society and becomes a power to be dealt with. Interesting kind of magic and an interesting kind of world. But the world of this book is severely limited. I hope it will expand in the later books. The writing is easy to read, and the explanation of the magic in this world is gradually exposed with mysteries about it also shown gradually. Lots of greed and politics with the threat of an invading unknown enemy. I enjoyed reading it - light fantasy with no axes to grind. Characters fairly well developed.
