I was considering waiting a week or so before writing a review for this book because I felt maybe I needed to digest it but nope. I didn't hate it because the settings were excellently written. Everything else, meh. I know why Languoreth is the lost queen though, because she is lost - in her own stupidity. Seriously, she makes constant mistakes, misjudgments, treats her husband incredibly unfairly, and is a total drama mama. Her constant whining, just made it miserable. And it's way too long. I would have sacrificed one or 156 of the woody descriptions because while it added pretty atmosphere it prolonged an already slow plot. I did the audio version and narrator gets 100% kudos! Disappointed because it is the type of book I like and now am left wondering if book 2 is better but for a trilogy I don't see what merits a third book. Then again since she saw the future is there even a point?