I wanted to like this SO MUCH -- the setup is perfect, the plot well-done, good-enough worldbuilding, and I've not seen alcoholism covered in fantasy before, so I was completely onboard to start with.

Unfortunately, I didn't click with the writing style, and it took a while to figure out why. There's much too much 'telling, not showing', meaning I was totally disconnected from the characters throughout. Characters explain things to each other, and then there's little emotional 'impact', it's just onto the next scene. Cliffhangers and leadups to dramatic moments fast-forward to a summary of what happened next & how it was resolved. If this had been a stylistic decision based on the MC's drinking, and it had shifted as he tries to tackle that ... this could have been absolutely epic. As it is, just wasn't for me. 

I would still recommend if you're reading this and thinking "I've never been bothered by something like that!" I'm a definite characters-over-plot reader.