I did not finish this, nor do I think I will come back to it to do so. The blurb had so much promise, but the actual book didn't deliver. I think I am close to 1/3, maybe 1/2 of the way through when I just gave up.
UST doesn't begin to describe what's going on between Brien and Scarlet. A slight exaggeration, but it seems like very other paragraph they are lusting over the other and then hating that person for making them feel that way. Which got old, fast.
Another problem I was having is how to figure out who I should consider the bad guys, antagonist, whatever. The woodcutter who bought the land to harvest the trees? While they seemed extreme in dealing with Scarlet, he was trespassing/stealing/planing arson. The Druids are made out to be harsh, almost man-hating women that Scarlet is fearful & leery of, and Brien holds contempt? for. Yet, they don't come across as being all that bad.
There seemed to be a lot going on, without enough explanation/plot advancement to keep me reading.