This book was strange, but still pretty good.  I like for my fiction to all have a hint of romance with a love interest.  This book had romance, adventure, and fantasy and it kept me on my toes.  It was not predictable and I enjoyed it.  Although I may go back and read it again, simply because I got lost a couple of times during the book because it jumps around from one year to another and then back again.  Now that I know how it ends re-reading it would probably make the book even better.  I recommend it, if you like something different and out of the ordinary.