great writing, but it devolves into miscommunication plots and the most compelling characters tend to be minimized. still plan on reading the next book though.

This book was a daydream. I never knew what was happening because there were so many storylines and I loved every second of it. Every bit was unpredictable. And I especially loved the variety of female characters and how they were each written uniquely.

Well this was another big tome that I had high hopes for this year. Unfortunately it was just okay. It felt like it dragged on a bit and with the hundreds of different kingdoms it was quite confusing at first. I didn't really connect with the princes and had high hopes for the girl contender of the throne to make her appearance, which she didn't. I'd assume that this is going to happen in the next installment, but at this point I am not sure if I am going to continue with this series. The battles were written great, but quite gory and brutal, hence the GOT reference? Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an eARC.