5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Even though I wished I’d read this before embarking on The Last King of Osten Ard series, I still had a great time reading this. It was great to see the seeds of the Norn’s deconstruction and get more of Porto’s life story. 

And what a gut wrencher of a final scene – Williams’ horror writing is really coming into force in these later books, and I LOVE it.