In a contest for "The book you don't want to end" (2020 edition) this story would win. I'm usually a fast reader but I was reading it slowly because it was like drinking a fine wine that you have to savour a bit at a time,
I wanted to appreciate the great characters, the amazing world building and the style of writing.
It's hard to express how much I loved this story and how hard it was to let it go hoping to read soon the second part in this duology.
I can't find any fault to this book because everything is perfect: the style of writing, the character development, the storytelling and the well researched and vivid historical background.
I enjoyed what I read and I learned a lot about some historical fact I didn't know.
I can't wait for the next book and to read again the second part of this great story.
Fun, entertaining and brilliant: it's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Orbit and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.