I was given an ARC thanks to NetGalley and Redhook Books. The opinions espressed are my own.
Did not like. This is misrepresented as fantasy, but it is instead historical fiction that includes magical elements such as alchemy, astrology and witchcraft. This mis-characterization of genre would not have stopped me from reading it.
Instead, my issue was that I was bored and unwilling to keep slogging through to the end. Also, I found most of the characters unlikable and unsympathetic.