4.5 stars

The beginning was sooooooo slow and filled with pretty metaphors that made the story drag for the first 50ish pages. Lots of important world building and establishing the mc in those pages.

And then the story gets really interesting, really fast. As soon as I hit that point, I couldn't stop reading. The world was so well built with an elaborate landscape and gods/religion and interesting magic systems. I was invested in the lives of these characters and just wanted to see them succeed.

And the plot twist at the end. It slapped me in the face. I gasped and looked at my brother and expected him to share my shock because it was so big. (He didn't. He was just confused.)

I know a lot of people have put it down just for the beginning but its honestly worth the read. I cannot wait for the sequel, whenever it may come.