This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2017. As soon as I heard about it, I knew THIS was a book for me. Adventure, a race, a unique mountainous setting, who doesn't love the sound of that? And I'm happy to report it was really good. Not, as you can see from my rating, a perfect 5 star favourite of mine. But a solid start to the series.

The setting was stunning. I absolutely adore books with unique settings. And the whole idea of the race up the mountain, sisters pitted against each other, the magic element, it was all brilliant.
It lost me a little on the pacing. It wasn't until 60% when they even started climbing the mountain, and the journey before that wasn't exciting enough for it to be worth the wait, in my opinion. I also wasn't completley sold on the romance. Kamzin was a pretty good protagonist, but not the most memorable. And there was something a bit strange about River. I couldn't tell if he was trustworthy throughout.

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the sequel, next year. I hope we get more beautiful settings and I hope we get more character development.