DNF @ 19%

I did not finish this book chiefly because of the writing. The style reminded me of Tolkien and RR. Martin which I'm not a huge fan of. The pacing was weird with characters talking about the endless time they spent in x place, only for me to find out it was one or two nights later, while the descriptions were long and some more important parts were just glossed over in a single line (a lot of telling, little showing). It gave an overall clunky experience that was hard to ignore. Neither the plot nor the characters were compelling enough to set aside this writing issue.

This book was simply not for me, but I can see fans of GoT or LotR being more open to it as the world building was promising even so early on.