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4.5

The joy of this story is how slowly everything is built up and truths are revealed. You need patience to read this book, but your patience will be rewarded.
I liked both our POV characters. They were so different and both brought such different things to the story, and I honestly couldn't pick a favorite. I liked Gormflaith's unapologetic cunning and Fodla's compassion and relative naivety. I usually dislike when the two POV's are so separate but I didn't mind it here. I think having them in closer proximity for Book 2 will be very entertaining.
I think the world feels very fleshed out because it draws on a real historical time period. I like the tidbits we get of magic, and I'm hoping this aspect gets to be explored more later in the series.