Sykes writes with humor and hijinks, so if you are looking for a rambunctiously gory fantasy, then this is the series for you. I struggled with this because I really wanted to like it, but I felt like none of the characters knew what they wanted, and so I didn't care about what happened to them any more than they did.

There was a lot of good buildup, but some of the explanations were so confusing I found myself reading sections repeatedly trying to get a grasp on what had just happened, or exactly how big Ulbecetonth is. I do want to read the sequel trilogy, but probably not right away.