This book had a solid base and premise, a lot of potential that I was really excited for but unfortunately it fell pretty flat for me. I think my biggest struggle with this book was the pacing. I can't exactly put my finger on it but right from the start it just felt oddly paced. Picking this up it almost feels like it's a book in a interconnected stand alone series. Like we could get by well enough reading it on it's own but if we read the first book we would have a lot richer experience, except for the fact that there is no other book. It was quite a struggle for me to stay focused and engaged the whole book. 

I found I was simply not emotionally invested in these characters and this world as much as I wanted to be. It was definitely fun and enjoyable in a lot of parts but very run of the mill fantasy with nothing really show stopping about it.