I actually couldn't finish this book. Couldn't even make it halfway. I tried really hard to just suffer through it, hoping against hope that it would get better, but it never did. I think it was a story that just tried too hard. The names of the characters were ridiculous (Daemon? Saetan? Surreal?!?! Seriously, there is a woman named Surreal. I should submit that to stfuparentsblog.com as a "yoonique" name.*roll eyes*). The concept of a matriarchal society, while commendable, is not well executed. Frankly, if we women did rule, I think it wouldn't be through physical chains, but psychological ones instead. And it is still clear that, despite women rulers, men still dominated in that society. Overall, it wasn't a story that gripped me. It felt contrived, as if it was trying to be a female version of the Game of Thrones series.