4.26 AVERAGE

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ablueberrys's review

4.5
adventurous challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

vanessaeine's review

4.75
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

skiptomylu's review

5.0
adventurous medium-paced

Great! Gay! Dragons!
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

xlcior's review

4.75
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was stunning- in the age of shadow daddies and flawless MC’s I expect so little of acclaimed fantasies, but this blew me away.

The world building is rich and vibrant, each nation has a distinct culture and religion and history. The characters are complex and flawed and the story is woven throughout the different POVs flawlessly.

I couldn’t put this one down, for the first time in a long time.

I didn’t love that more than one of the main characters were in same sex relationships but the story was well written.

I loved this book so much! In the beginning I had to check the guide at the back to keep track of who's who, but after that it was easy. I loved the characters and I loved the story. This is the best fantasy novel I've ever read. I'd love to read more books in this world. I highly recommend it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book- loved the characters, the unexpected main love interests, the concept of the story and the world building. It is a solid fantasy book and definitely up there with one of my favourites in terms of the story and writing style. My main issue with the book is the pacing- the main portion of the book is a bit slow- not slow enough to be boring- but slow. In comparison, the ending was way too rushed- the first 800 pages of this book built up to something that started and ended within the final 40 pages. So, for the underwhelming (but satisfying?) ending, I cannot give it 5 stars
adventurous challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bigbossaboss's review

3.25
slow-paced