Nice to read a book I actually like for a change! Very well written, the "present" story is OK, though the ending seems rushed, but Ash's life story strikes me as the best part of the book.
Rice's obsessions are still there and yet again she contradicts herself. Mona seemed to know all she needed about birth control before, but here it's quite the opposite, and not in events from the book, but from before.
Anyway, I'm cheering for the Taltos. And... Poor Emaleth.