I was recommended this book by a friend and it was… interesting. The concept didn’t seem fully fleshed out, though that could be due to this being a series, as well as having the reader placed in Azoth’s shoes. Pacing was off. Some parts seemed to go by too quickly, others took forever for absolutely no reason. There were also way too many characters. If done right, having a full array of players wouldn’t be a bad thing. Look at the ASoIaF series. Here, however, the author would have benefited from choosing 2-3 protagonists to focus on instead of jumping around from viewpoint to viewpoint. Some of the characters I grew to like, others I could not care for at all, pretty much skipping through the sections until I recognised a name again. Overall, it was a fast read, and a good ‘in between’ book, but I don’t think I’ll be picking up the next book in the series, and I’m certainly happy I didn’t pay for it.
