A Queen in Hiding

...what was up with the wagon full of bats?

This book was not waht I was expecting because of the synopsis. I though we would follow the Princerella and her journey after becoming an orphan, but we follow a lot of other characters and the queen, only following her more near the end of the book. Also the queen took a lot longer to die then I though (more than 50% of the book).

I liked all the characters and the world building. I was a little confused about the spirits? (gods?) and their roles in the magic of the world, but slwly I began to understand more of the world.