Linda
The war was most prominent here, but the beauty was still within most of the characters, and the way events unfolded was wonderful.
I loved how Sura and Dverek had to fight their feelings at first, and how some of their plans back-fired. But I loved most of all how the resolution brought both them, and their people peace in the end.
In the middle of the book, I was unhappy about Marek and Rhia's couple - or the lack of description of it, but I was richly rewarded at the very end.