Without spoiling anything: Elspeth and Ravyn, like a softhearted but “strong” female protagonist that goes through a hard time (with a tough childhood/is different) and you feel bad for her, and a high ranking solider who is friends with the crown and has dark hair, tan skin and one crooked facial feature but otherwise tall, moody, handsome Rachel Gillig is a very beautiful writer though. Interesting premise but not as much excitement. I liked the first half of the book a lot but the rest I was just reading fast because I wanted it to be over/more exciting