The Faithful and the Fallen is a lot like The Song of Ice and Fire with all of the fat trimmed off. However it feels like sometimes too much fat is removed. The word count is similar to Malice, but the excessive small chapters, (120 vs 80 in Malice) and numerous povs, (3 times the amount), really bog down the pacing of Valor. I felt like I would move on, right as I was getting invested into the situation.

However, like Malice, the pacing really picks up towards the latter half, and the book flies by, becoming a very compelling tale that is both new and familiar.

Overall, the end of the book is so good, that my issues with pacing are heavily outweighed. This is a good book