If wishes were horses...

There is a really good 300 page book in this 500 page novel. Richelle Mead somehow always manages to end well and it's the endings that keep me coming back for the next installment, but some sections were a little long winded, particularly the section where Rose was in Baia and living with Dimitri's family; and the section where Rose is imprisoned by Dimitri who wants her to choose to become a strigoi". On some levels I guess I'm at the 30km mark of a marathon. I'm ready to give up but I've come this far so I'll push through and see what happens next.