Reading this felt like being dropped into a Dungeons and Dragons game, and I *think* that's an intentional perk. I was excited to see Serial Box tackling high fantasy, and this has an intriguing enough world and sigil-and-sword-based magic system to keep me reading. That said, it runs up against two competing forces--the need for enough expository information to set the world up (which a novel would have more time and space to do) alongside the need of a serial story to keep things moving quickly, so the result is a somewhat hectic intro. Promising start, though, and I'll keep reading to see this story find its feet.

Thanks to Netgalley and Serial Box publishing for this one.