I enjoyed this read, I enjoyed Vanguard. Tho I'm not so sure it deserves the ratings I'm giving it. I have very little experience with dark or epic fantasy, and to me this was an enjoyable read.

The problem is the ending, Vanguard of the last 10% of this book didn't quite fit the image the book had painted of him for the previous 90%. He did a lot of questionable and straight up stupid things, which is surprising because he wasn't really being portrayed as reckless or stupid. 

So while I had a good time, I'm not sure anyone else more experienced would be. Not only did the MC go completely out of character, the ending was rather moot.