This is where it really comes across as a YA book. The relationship of the two protagonists is really a sweetening of, as in easy look at, simple teenaged sexual infatuation.

Basically, he wants to make it with this beautiful girl. The girl feels the same way about him. In this they are very childish. Plus she is a product of her environment. Women, even heiresses, were killed for non-compliancy in that age, same as the Middle Ages of Europe.

I felt that the hero's relationship with the young warrior priest to be opportunistic yet somewhat more mature. I believe this happened in the first book - they run together for me a bit now, it was a couple of years ago that I started reading them.

edit - too many typos. :p

So yeah, it's a decent read, not perfect by any means. I couldn't finish the last one, it just became too predictable. I was very glad that my son read them though.