Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Read full review here: 8/5/2020

"The talent for sorcery in women is a curse when it ought to be a blessing."

When this book was good, it was very good. And when this book was bad, it was very bad. That made reviewing it on a star level relatively difficult. I enjoyed the world and the mythology in it quite a lot. The rules around sorcery and how they controlled women's magic but still used them to create strong mages was really interesting. The characters had depth and interests beyond superficial ones- they wanted to be powerful mages all for their own reasons.

Because the characters were so good and the world concept so fun to read, this was a 3.5 out of 5 star read for me.