J. Elizabeth Vincent

The story and writing deserved 5 stars but the ending dropped my rating because there were too many references in a vacuum - I presume these names and places and events and way of life referred to are not actually in a vacuum but refer to other books in a series. If I'm right, the series should be brilliant to read, based on the high quality of Healer's Sacrifice. At least this book finished its story satisfactorily - there was no cliff hanger.