This was like an overall decent book, though it felt like SO MUCH crammed into one volume; I don't know if I'm just out of practice with these long fantasy books or my life just no longer accommodates them as easily as it once did, but the first third of this felt like a slog through no real fault of the book itself. The last 150ish pages went by pretty quickly by comparison.

I don't know that I feel compelled to really return to this world at this stage, but it was a solid read for sure, and folks who like high fantasy and want more stuff with women in the sort of typical tropes will definitely enjoy this.