Ratings34
Average rating3.8
Just an amazing book first off. I chose to read this book because of Reddit's R/Fantasy Bingo. I am so glad i picked this book.
The Characters are amazing, they feel real, they have their desires which are expressed clearly and subtly in all parts of the book.
While this appears to be a Plot Driven Book. It is mostly a Character driven Story. The Worldbuilding is Excellent and Unique. at first while reading i was afraid it was going to be too much, but it was a perfect amount any time i needed it. The Writing is also superb
Lots of Things get resolved while also looking forward to future books.
I'm not sure how i felt about the pronounciation guide at the front, felt like it was trying to prepare me for all the characters, which is good, but i just didn't like it as much. ok so it wasn't the pronounciation guide that bothered me, but the who people are at the beginning of the book.
Cawpile Score
C-10
A-9
W-10
P-8
I-9
L-9
E-9
Total 9.14/10
Again, just wow an amazing book. The plot you think you are following isn't even what you are following until you catch up and realize what is going on. The Magic System is unique and interesting and what the Q people do to their mages is crazy. turning 5 people into 1. although it definitly has 1 of the coolest deaths i've ever seen. being transmuted into precious metals. not the way i want to go, but a cool way nonetheless.The Gates taking people between different worlds, and having them be somewhat "common" was interesting, as well as having dying worldsfollowing Csorwe through her life, was i think the best decision for the book. we get to see her life in the House of Silence serving the Unspoken Name, which the book cycles back to over and over again in a very satisfying way.Talsseres, was also an interesting character, his desires for Belthandros. i was also taken aback when he said he was already sleeping with him, but that he wanted the more intimate connection. Really played that whole relationship very well.Belthandros being Pentravesse was very well foreshadowed, even that even i saw it. but it didn't make it any less interesting when it was revealed. The Plot being the search for the Reliquary of Pentravesse you would think would be the whole plot of this book, finding it near the end, but thats not what this story does and it was brilliant.