I always feel that I should enjoy Cecelia Holland's books more than I actually do - I am always fascinated by the periods that she chooses to write about, and she's great at building atmosphere, and The Death of Attila was no exception. However, she also has a tendency to string together a bunch of scenes that don't really have a plot, and The Death of Attila was no exception to that either - I couldn't figure out what it was that she was trying to tell us about the Huns and the Gepids and Tacs and Dietar's relationship or why she began and ended where she did so even though there was a very definite finishing point to the novel, it still seemed unfinished, if that makes sense!