This genuinely is Interview with the Vampire meets The Witcher in the best possible way. 

We’re not going to talk about why this book took me SO long to finish, I have a habit of getting so entranced in a book that I struggle to let it go and drag it out as LONG as possible, that happened here. When I know somethings going to be a favourite I try to savour every single second out of it I can as you only get to read something for the first time once! Let me tell you now this book is brutal, ruthless, and worth all the pain it’ll put you through!

The dual timelines, the format of the story being told as an account of what happened already…I genuinely can’t express just HOW good this book was for me! Sure there were points that the story lulled as it is quite slow paced (if you don’t like hearing every step of an adventure this one isn’t for you but my god did it work for me!!) but there were also times I wanted MORE from a certain period, like somehow I wanted the book to be even longer, go into even more detail! I think I just didn’t want to let it go in wait for book 2, I’m so attached to the characters and the world and just how epic this is. I genuinely don’t even know how to express how much I loved this book, how much pain it caused me…and just how perfectly to my tastes it was! 5* EASILY from chapter 1! The art inside the book too just added SOOO much to the story! Putting visuals to some of the scenes just ugh I loved it so much! So many scenes in this book especially nearer to the end as the pieces were fitting into place were just…oh my god, this book ruined my life, soul crushing.  

The upside of me dragging this out for so long is that I have a shorter wait for book 2?? It can’t come soon enough, the ending…honestly the last 10% was…oh my god…patience…