I picked this up because I heard it's really good and really popular.

But this doesn't deserve the hype.

Somehow this was SO messy. I never have problems understanding what's going on, not even in high fantasy books like this one. So if I do struggle to understand, it's just bad writing. I couldn't tell who was who, or who was speaking or what was happening. I got very frustrated with this book on several occasions. It wasn't until toward the ending that I noticed there's a glossary and notes about the characters at the end of the book. And there's already a list of characters at the beginning. I think if a book needs this many notes it's probably a red flag.

Also, if a book is described as 'lesbian' (or gay or straight for that matter) I expect there to be a romance plot line. Yes, the MC is lesbian. But if you're expecting a romance, like I was, you'll be sorely disappointed.

This book was so boring. Not because there's no romance, but nothing else happened either. I was not expecting this to be slow paced so I did end up reading two smutty books and an audiobook while I was reading this. It took 350 pages for anything interesting to happen!

If you do end up reading this prepare to be confused 100% of the time, know that there is no romance and that it'll be very slow-paced.

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I didn't like the ending either. Or at least it wasn't enough for me to pick up the second book in the series. I have a feeling it'll be much like this one I don't have the brain capacity or the strength to go through this again.