Tenthil? Really? Say it three times.

I very much enjoyed Tenthil’s raspy voice. Hated his name! When he was given the chance to change it, I thought, gratefully, that I wouldn’t have to hear that awful lisping name again. Nope! He kept it! And, it is used, and used, and used in, what seems like, ever other sentence!

It has all the typical tropes of this genre, though the world building is a bit better, and there are more detailed battle scenes. The Female/male-writing partnership, I believe, has a lot to do with that.