I had high hopes for this one and was unfortunately a bit let down. The first half of the book was rather boring and unengaging. I found it dragging and almost DNF-ed it. But I was curious to see the ending so I pressed on. 

Luckily it picked up in the second half but most of the excitement was in the last 50 pages. The ending was rather lackluster but I did enjoy the flourish of magic in the finale moments.