Yes, this is a long book – almost 600 pages. Normally I’d only pick this size up in audio or physical but I decided to try it out in ebook. I need to try to see if I can get back to thick ebooks! I liked the synopsis but it definitely gave me the feeling the action would start almost immediately. As in the heist plot would start within the first five or so percent. The characters only get told about the heist 20% into the book. That should’ve given me enough time to get to know the characters but that wasn’t the case for me. I see a lot of other people really enjoyed this and I’m glad!

Unfortunately I felt that the writing was clunky – it was trying to do far much and failed a lot. I find that often happens in a fantasy debut – I think it’s just that authors try to do so much because it’s their debut. It can sometimes work, and then doesn’t. Although please remember this is just my opinion. Some other issues were unnecessary sentences – like I would read them and ask why they needed to be there. There’s also almost fourth wall breaking which certainly didn’t fit in anywhere – I like fourth wall breaking but again, it has to done a certain way. You have to have a certain type of writing to have that work.