Lasher

This book is long and drawn out. The entire book is just two very long retellings of the story told in the first book with a couple of blanks filled in. It is almost like re-reading the first book and is quite tedious at times. The development of Lasher could have been done effectively by just adding another chapter or two to the already long first book.
The character of Emaleth felt completely underused. Mona is just an annoying character.
The only good thing to come out of this book is more time and story with Julian Mayfair, arguably the most intriguing character in the series.