Malice

A disappointing read, considering how highly this book is recommended on social media.

Everything about this book is milquetoast epic fantasy: the setting in a small farming village, carefully artificed massive battles with characters strategically killed off as the book proceeds; corruption in royal families, and way too many points of view. The pace of the book plods along like an ox, and the chapters rotate between eight or nine characters without very much plot motivation to entice the reader to go forward to the next character.

There's an audience for this in people who really like to immerse themselves in all elements of the fantasy experience, so to speak, but for those who enjoy character development, plot, suspense, and excitement, I'm afraid this series has very little to offer.

4/10 because it's competently written and Storm is a good girl, but I probably won't continue on.