Reread 2024: After rereading it, I need to put my rating up to a five-star. After going reading the whole series and now rereading the first book, I see how perfectly this book set the series up and even though it is slow at time, I think it is a fantastic set-up book for the series and everything that is to come.


I liked the world of the 6 Duchies and how we get to see Fitz's journey right from the beginning. But overall I did not love it. I cannot really pinpoint what did not catch me but I will definitely read the next installments of this series.