Netgalley and the publisher gave me a copy of this book for an honest review!

I would class this book as "just okay". It wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't knock my socks off good. The plot was excellent, and the concept of all the magical/mystical characters was well done, in my opinion. However, the pacing of this book was a little strange for me. We start right in and it felt like I was jumping into chapter 5 or 6 of a book. Then it slows down to world build a bit, but not until 30-50% of the book. There's a huge build-up to the final fight, and it sounds like it will be really intense, but then it...wasn't. The ending fell flat for me as the final battle wasn't as intense as I expected.

I wanted to feel more connected to the characters, but there were so many of them that were underdeveloped due to the lack of time given to them, that I really struggled with this. I adored Martin, one of the main two characters, but couldn't stand Kingston and don't know if that's just personal preference or how he was written. Lovable gruff asshole was the intention, but all I got was an asshole in the end.

Again, the plot and world were really good, but it all could have had a little extra added to it.