Bad summary: Near perfect Bard tells the story of their life to someone who really wants to write about it. For some reason he was expelled from the University, a whole bunch of people want him dead, his love interest is MIA, and he has a hot fae student but neither of the two first books explain how or why. The writing is gorgeous though.

LOVED this book; as someone who plays an instrument, and also likes to sometimes read about a near-perfect character.
It's a bit of a shame however that I didn't research the trilogy before borrowing it from the school library. I've read this book and the second one so many times now it's unhealthy... at this point I want the third book to come with gold-lined pages and a signed five paged public apology from Patrick Rothfuss for taking his bloody time writing it. To quote my dad; 'that's alright mate, I'm just sitting here and waiting for my health'