This pleasantly surprised me - I found myself intrigued by the world more than I expected from the premise.
It was a bit messy getting there but the plot does go at a great speed that keeps you wondering what’s gonna happen next.
And I really enjoyed the characters. Saris especially is a great protagonist and I liked her from the get go. The opening especially for this book is very strong.
Fisher at the beginning of the book is quite annoying and I was worried he would ruin the book. But, I actually ended up liking him a lot more once more about his character was revealed.Still though I have to give a general cringe warning for his character in the first half of the book, he has some terrible dialogue and says just some gross stuff that I was not a fan of. Makes the book a 2.5 honestly
adventurous funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny 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

Have I been putting off reading this book?
Yes.
Do I regret this?
Double yes.

This is the exact kind of Romantasy I look for and love.
The world building is incredible and the whole storyline?
Even a character I thought I was going to hate and find insufferable became one of my absolute favourites.

And no Romantasy book would be incredible without an absolute twisty, cliffhanger ending.
Which did this have?
Of course.

Impatiently waiting for the release of ‘Brimstone’ now

Exactly what I wanted from a romantasy. Great tension and plot but the end had me scratching my head… a whole lot happened in the last 25% the next book is going to be totally different. Will read. Would recommend

needs a second read through so my pea brain fully soaks in the lore
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Kingfisher? Raw.
Carrion? Raw.
Renfis? Raw.


I spent the first five chapters of this book being suuuuuper sceptical. End of Chapter 5 had me gasping. I spent about 70% of this book giggling and kicking my feet. The ending made "OMFG" out loud.

Read it. Read it. Read it.

I'm obsessed.
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes