Whilst I found the characters intriguing and the storyline engrossing, I just did not enjoy the reading experience. Chapters were few and far between and it felt clunky and heavy in parts.

Playing Devil’s advocate, it didn’t help that I started reading this during the current Ukraine-Russia crisis which has limited my concentration. I’d definitely suggest being patient when reading this, there are many characters with similar sounding names and it was sometimes hard to keep track of, although there is a dense character list at the beginning.

Bit of a miss for me, though I may pick it up and try rereading at some point in the future.