I was reeled in by the interesting magic system and the thrilling action scenes. While it definitely leans more towards high fantasy, M.E Royce’s world building had me really enjoying the story.

Wanted to enjoy it, but it's just not clicking. Unfortunately I don't have all that much to say about it right now. I feel bad giving it a low rating as it very well could just be a me problem right now. I think I will give it another shot in the near future and I will update this review.

I rather enjoyed this! I thought there would be a lot of romance in it as there usually is in my experience in the first book of a trilogy, but the only bit of romance is very slight fake dating.

The only thing I did not like was how jumpy it got, but I do think this is because I read too quickly to the point I skim and also I did take hours between reading sessions, so I am going to overlook this.

OMG WHERE DO I START? PLEASE READ THIS BOOK GUYS. THIS IS THE BEST BOOK YOU'RE GONNA READ THIS YEAR. SO SO GOOD. 5 STARS FROM ME.