I really liked the character of Achmed from the first book, so I bought this one excitedly hoping for some Achmed/Rhapsody action... or at least more of Achmed's story.I got neither. This book was SO BORING. Instead of focusing on Achmed, suddenly Rhapsody's "first love" Ashe becomes the romantic focus. UGH. Ashe has NO CHARACTERIZATION. If you can imagine a piece of cardboard walking around on paper, appropriately saying "I love you" and "I've waited my whole life for you" at every opportunity, you have Ashe. FACEPALM. Once I realized that was how the romance aspect would work out, I completely stopped reading. Plus there were huge chunks of text that were just boring back-story or world building that was really unnecessary.I won't be buying the next book in the series. Waste of time and money. I've never been so disappointed in a book.