I absolutely adore this book! Eleret is one of my favorite characters in all of literature, and I love her friends too. I have read this book more times than I can count, and highly recomend it too readers of all ages. It has plenty of action, and just the right amount of romance to be believable. I like how Eleret is capeable of taking care of herself in the big city, but is smart enough to realize that she needs a guide to help her, especially with the trouble that seems to be following her. Someone killed her mother, and now that same someone seems to be after her, and the ring that he mother wore. And even worse the someone seems to be a dreaded shadow-born, the soul stealers.