Holy shit! 

First let me start here, this was a buddy read with a friend. I had no idea what I was going into. None whatsoever, outside that this trilogy may have been an influence for SJM.

I... have no words. The trigger warnings at the start, they do not play. They. Do. Not. Play. 

This is a slow burn. Emphasis on the slow. You'll wonder what the heck you are getting into. You get the world-building, you get the magic system and the social castes with the political landscape. You are walked through t he existence of three main character POVs. You will be confused as you read. Keep. Fucking Going. 

True to the style that may or may not have shaped SJM, all the action. All the glorious, blood-soaked, drunk with righteous revenge action happens in the last quarter of the book. I will not be the same. I will not.

All y'all jokers asking for the morall gray main characters. That is not what you want. Yo want morally black. And Daughter of the Blood will serve them to you on a silver platter. Best come prepared. Best come correct.