The world building was done well and I particularly enjoyed the fact that the author created a language for the Magyki and was able to use it enough that it felt natural without going overboard or frustrating for the reader to not understand what's being said. The translations for said language was usually right behind the phrase itself in a way that felt natural and not out of place, and when a translation was not given, it was easy enough to understand through context clues what approximately was being said. I do wish that we got a few more scenes with Vera and Eithan, to kind of flesh out the idea of why she might be more inclined to stay in Aleron, rather than go to Bhasura. As it stands, it seems she's been lied to her whole life, and even when told the "truth" by the Emperor, it's still lies, whereas Jaren may have withheld telling her all of the truth at once, but he never outright lied to her. Personally, apart from Elric and Trey, I can't see a single reason for Vera to stay instead of going to Bhasura where she can get all her answers. I'm very interested in what the next book brings, and what Vera learns, but even more so in what she will do with that knowledge. ( )

love love love

I rated like everything about this. I’ll revisit this review when I’ve had more time to think but for now just- love ( )