i really enjoyed reading this book, I thought the premise was unique and the characters were great. I look forward to more from the author.

Original piece of independent fantasy literature. I enjoy reading it and would be interested in reading more from this author. I will recommend to my fantasy geek friends!

I thought the premise of this sounded interesting, then I stumbled across the author talking about it on Reddit, and some of the influences that had gone into it which further piqued my interest.

I found the beginning of the book to be above adequate. I was interested, I was not bored, but I also wasn't compulsively turning page after page. There was a bit of a slow simmer in the first third of the book as the world building was done, the players introduced, and the stage set. Note, the POV changes from chapter to chapter. I have mixed feelings about this, but I did not find it detrimental in this instance.

Zamil did a great job of slowly ramping the tension and stakes up, so by the time I got about halfway through I WAS neglecting some other responsibilities to see what would happen next and how the plot would conclude. One of the really interesting aspects of this book was that with the alternating POVs that were of characters that were completely at odds with one another, there was not completely a sense of which was protagonist and which was antagonist. I definitely found myself leaning in one direction, but I could see how another reader might be inclined the other.

Overall, I found it a worthwhile read, and hope to see more someday.

Brilliant! The writing was very smooth, a perfect frame for the type of story the author wanted to tell. I found it a bit slow in the beginning, but then it picked up pretty quickly!