I read The Assassins of Tamurin when I was maybe ten--it's not something a ten year old should be reading. I remember thinking that "Tamurin" sounded like "tangerine." But, that said, it was pretty awesome. Great worldbuilding, and the style makes up for the predictable plot. Lale, as I recall, was quite badass.

I've also read The Looking Glass Wars, though I was forced to fly through it as fast as I could. 400 pages + a day and a half, tops = not the best for forming an opinion. It was pretty mediocre, and the ending was a mess of Norwegian Wood proportions. There's a sequel, somewhere. I'm certainly not going to bother with it.