Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

I feel like this was both too long for the story yet lacking the depth and world building I was hoping for after reading the synopsis. There were several major questions I had while reading that went and unanswered, and I wasn’t the biggest fan of how some of then important plot info was revealed. The slow burn romance subplot gelt very forced as well.

I liked Bernie and the Order of Joans, but I wish we saw more interaction and relationships with her sisters of the order. I am so glad that Bernie was written both consistently and logically because nothing makes me more mad than when a fmc who is supposed to be smart and capable makes dumb mistakes. I did find the little bit of history given in regards to the sorcerer’s effort during the Great War super interesting, I just wish there was more of the history woven throughout the story. 

All in all, this felt like a typical paranormal fantasy but it had the bones to be so much more, and I’m interested in seeing how Linkhart defines the world building and plot info the future.