I listened to this book on audible and really love the narration; however, I feel as a whole, this book is very weak. While the premise is just fine and interesting enough, I felt like the author had no voice. It felt like he was trying to copy someone else's style and voice instead of finding his own. I also felt like there were so many unnecessary parts of the book that didn't need to be there. I found myself bored, if not for the great narration. In addition, the addition of the female elf was only there to feed some quota. She did nothing in the book, which was so disappointing. I could never recommend this book to my female friends because there are no strong female characters to follow. Luckily, there was no toxic masculinity, which I am very grateful for. So while the female characters were lacking, the male characters that didn't fit the stereotypes so many "strong" male characters fall into. However, it wasn't enough for me to give a high rating.