I give this series as a whole 4 stars. The series was originally planned to be a duology they had to split it up so I assumed that part 1 would be boring and the last book be epic but it was kind of backwards. The first book was full of action and character development and part 2 didn't really have as much action and the climactic ending was a pretty meh.
That being said Laura Resnick writes some really good characters and really enjoyable world. I loved her prose for the most part. The series is loaded with prophecies but you're constantly second guessing yourself until the very end and you'll never figure it out on your own. Also the magic system was simple but I liked it. All in all I really enjoyed this series and it will go down as another classic fantasy favorite of mine!