The Familiar was a book that I bought with no pretense as to what it was about So far I've loved all of Leigh Bardugos books and this one was the same. Though I would rank it lowest of all her books, I did still find it enjoyable. I thought that the story overall was done very well both in it's historical aspect and it's fantasy aspect. I liked the character dynamics that were displayed throughout the book and the plot progression overall.The ending was the thing that I thought I wouldn't enjoy until I got to the last chapter.

Thinking that it would end only with their deaths felt, while realistic, like a cop out. But once I realized that they had actually ran away and that she rebuilt him every morning was a nice way to end it, showing both their love for freedom and their love for each other.

Before this book of known almost nothing about the inquisition, and even just being historical fantasy it managed to teach me something about it.