it was, ultimately, alright. the last third of the book was just not it tho, what even happened of substance? rly liked the beginning and some of the middle, but the end was boring

feel like this book would've benefited greatly if it was mainly an adventure book, if eviké and gaspare spent most of the book traveling to the capital, rather than having that just be the first third and the rest being an absolute slog to get through