but really, if you wouldn't get down on your knees and swear to die for this person, is it even worth calling it love? --FOR REAL

This is one of those books (another is The Moorchild) that I read when my kids were the target audience age--I think this was given to one of the kids. I really enjoyed it--I didn't love it in the intense way I loved The Moorchild--but I still really liked it. I recall thinking was really a well-told story that took some twists and turns that were surprising and good. And I liked the setting a lot, and the way gods were referenced (... IIRC???)