Reviews
This was recced to me as full of tropes and archetypes I would enjoy, and I totally get why - it definitely hit some of my story kinks. Unfortunately, the writing itself wasn't quite strong enough to support them. The POV switched endlessly - I wouldn't mind if it did so between scenes, but it would wander all over the space within a few paragraphs. Not only was that distracting, but during major battle sequences it made things confusing and actually killed some of the tension. That said, I did enjoy the characters and some of the worldbuilding. If I could rate in half-stars, it would be 3.5, but since I can't, it gets rounded down to 3.
this was so fun, fluffy high fantasy ot3! lighthearted quick read, loved all the characters and the story was a lot of fun. the kind of predictable-but-still-fun and character-driven fantasy i like to sink into like a warm, welcoming blanket nest.