It’s always refreshing reading fantasy from a non-western centric point of view. The story itself was a bit too straight forward and some relationship dynamics felt strange, but it was enjoyable and I’ll check out the next one as well.

I think the only reasons it didn’t exceed my expectations was it had been hyped up a lot and there’s some first time author stuff going on that I would wager on being not present in the sequel. Either way, if you think this looks interesting to you, it’s worth a read, imo.