This was a pretty well written "why choose" series: the need for multiple partners was explained, the MMCs had enough personality to be told apart, and there were some serious issues with the society that had to be solved. Were those issues solved too easily? Probably. The magic's connection between the Queen's Line and the land was never completely parsed out, though the idea of it was interesting. Some of the plot points reminded be a little of Laurel K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. ( )