In my opinion the story is just too long, there is a lot of repetition and I found parts of the story quite dry and boring. Now, I want to say, the author has a very deep storyline with a lot going on, plus quite a few different characters, so be preprepared for going back in fourth between characters. I'm DNFing this one half way through. I liked that whole idea about breh-henden and bonding. I did like Ascension, yes there are pieces of this series which feel very familiar to someone who has read a great deal of paranormal romance, and personally, I'd have liked just a bit more male bonding moments, so really my only nit is that the author tends to overuse some her descriptions.
Then, out of the blue, she said: did you know you had a breast fixation. Is there not a room full of bones, somewhere in the labyrinth, bones of men who entered it and did not leave it?.
Bill henriksen came up to john and carol during the walk to their rooms.