While I still object to not reserving the word "fire" for the title of the book dealing with the Realm of Fire, this was a vast improvement over Elven Star. It had all the things that made Dragon Wing so enjoyable: a plot that gets going reasonably quickly and is full of intrigue and twistiness, interesting characters with some depth, and a setting that was actually relevant to the plot.

There was some dragginess in the middle, but generally, I enjoyed this one, and breezed through it pretty quickly. One more world, and we'll get to the part where it all comes together. That should be interesting.