I found this enjoyable. I liked the main character, it was interesting the Kayl was a widow in her thirties with two children, it is unusual in fantasies for a mother to be the main character. While I enjoyed the interactions Kayl had with her children I felt like those belonged in a different sort of story, more domestic less adventurous. I felt that a lot of the traveling was glossed over, although the journeys took weeks or months the writing took only a couple of pages. I did like that the children acted like children, squabbling, not listening to their mother, running off but it made the threats they were facing seem less real. I did find Kayl’s reflections on her inability to return to the Sisterhood realistic, but the love story seemed quite truncated. But it was something that I enjoyed reading, I just found it too simple. I had picked up an e-copy of all of the the Lyra novel for a couple of dollars a while back. I look forward to the final novel The Raven Ring.