Thanks to Orbit Books for the copy of this ARC!

Fantasy readers, you need this book. Necromancy! Religious themes! Court! Betrayal! And also a love triangle with some swoony characters, a really BA female main character, very interesting side characters (including the cutest lil librarian) and lots of scheming. The world/magic-building definitely took a little longer in this book, so the pace was a bit slower at the beginning, but whew the end of this book sped right up! I loved the time at court, especially with the royalty and church dynamic, adventure with romantic intrigue in unique settings, and dark air of mystery and magic in this book. Can’t wait for this series to continue!

Read if you:
- appreciate a good magic system
- can handle a love triangle
- want a necromancer MC
- love time at court, but also get giddy at the mention of catacombs
- regularly read fantasy and dark academia