The premise is amazing - a land where royalty are given titles such as poet kings and queens. The title hooked me right away. However, the worldbuilding felt minimalistic and basic. The characters arecopycats from World of Warcraft and there was nothing to set them apart from medieval fiction stereotypes. The characters read too powerfully and superhuman that it was impossible to relate to them. Of course, if you're the type of reader that doesn't need to relate to characters, then you will likely enjoy this book.



The few female characters were barely present. I struggled to remember their names because they were infrequently featured. The villain queen was well-written, I'll give her that. She was properly scary. She gave me goosebumps and I looked forward to her scenes.



This was a wonderful concept and the premise was amazing, but the plot was loosely constructed. There were too many alliances and feuds to keep track of. This is a small detail, but I disliked having a character named Marlen who was the magical court guy. Um, sound familiar? He is exactly like Merlin from the King Arthur legends! If this book had drawn less from the King Arthur stories, I would have enjoyed it much more. The evil queen felt like Morgana trying to corrupt Arthur and all the soldiers were similar to knights of the round table. I wanted more descriptions of the magic and the beauty of the lands. I hope more edits are made before this book is published.