3.5 stars 

High Fantasy 

Polish Folklore 

Very LOW romance 

 

The premise is something that I found very interesting. You have this 'Dragon' who is really a warlock that takes girls to his tower for ten years and then lets them go. Our main character gets taken and begins to learn magic from him. The start is slow. Very slow. Once you get into it though it gets better. 

 

The narrators voice is very specific. It’s one that I can see a lot of people either living or hating. 

If you like a hard magic system and not a soft magic system, this book is not for you. The magic system is soft. So soft. 

 

Do not come into this expecting a romance. The romance is like the third subplot of the entire thing. 

I much preferred the first half of the book to the second. We took a weird left turn somewhere that didn't quite make me want to keep reading. I think if this had been split into two books, it would have been better and maybe more loose ends would have been wrapped up. I felt like because of how it was set up it felt like the ending and the entire second half was rushed while simultaneously being drug out. It was tough to get through.