Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

This was an interesting read. I think the world building was very well done. The magic system wasn’t hard to understand and yet it was still unique and well integrated. I feel like there were points that there was a lot of info dumping which made the story drag. 
There was a lot more telling, especially in regards to the political situation, than  showing. 
I also feel like the only character that was developed and given an arc was Heidi/Sylvie. The rest of the First Borne felt very one dimensional. I feel like Gaëtan all but disappeared by halfway through. I also feel like there weren’t very high stakes or excitement throughout, and the climax felt strangely paced speeding up the end of the story in comparison to the rest. 

I will probably be reading the sequel, but I wanted to see more of Sylvie and Loïc’s relationship beyond a few moments here and there. I did like Sylvie and Margot‘s growing friendship. I am excited to see how the quests work out. I like how the plot was formatted and it was a fun read. I do also think and hope that we see more age-appropriate content. All four of the firstborns were 20 but they were referred to his children so often they could’ve been 16 and nothing in the story would’ve changed.