This story was fantastic and super captivating. Brown is an author to watch. He created a world that sucks you in while having a plot that will keep you turning the pages until you're done. I could not put it down and ended up pulling an all-nighter to finish it. I was kind of useless at work the next day but it was worth it!

Oh! My goodness! The world building in this book is amazing! Geadhain is intriguing. I loved everything from the Sisters Three to the Immortal Kings to our heroine, Morigan. This book is full of political intrigue and mystery. It kind of had the feel of a suspense novel in addition to the fantasy elements. I can’t get over how clever and imaginative this book was!

My favorite thing was the characters! They are just wonderful! Morigan and the Caenith are the heart of the story and are so well developed. I really enjoyed watching the relationship between them develop. But they are not the only ones. All of the secondary characters are just as complex and engaging, but they don’t steal the limelight from the main characters.

Mouse was my favorite. She was just so cleaver and feisty! Each character was so well written that I become very emotionally attached to them. I felt all of the emotions, fears and hopes of each of them while reading. Bravo, Mr. Brown. Bravo.

I loved the multiple perspectives and the writing style was captivating. Brown uses a lot of imagery in his writing and he did it quite tastefully. The pacing was spot on and there were several plot twists that I did not see coming! I kept being surprised by this book and that completely delights me.

If you are a fan of fantasy, I’d highly recommend checking this book out! I look forward to seeing all of these characters again in the next book. I’m seriously looking forward to it! Feast of Fates was a fantastic debut novel!

5 Stars! Christian A. Brown is an author to watch! This was definitely one of the best things I've read this year.

Brown's prose is lyrical and harkens back to an older style of writing, without any pretension or fakery; it rolls naturally out of the pages like a mist that sets the stage for grand events and vivid characters. He has a very distinct voice, where influences are sensed, but never copied. There's also a startling and delightful sense of humour and play throughout the story, where tension is broken when a character makes a surprising quip or observation. Always well timed and placed with masterful composition.

Although it is easily categorized as a “fantasy” novel, Feast of Fates is so much more. It should appeal to lovers of genre fiction and literary fiction alike; with hints of sci-fi or horror with the likes of “sky carriers” and “fleshcrafters”. It has elements of romantic love, familial love, it has epic battles, sorcery, mystical and celestial beings, brutal and unforgiving evil, compassion and tenderness, questions of life, the cosmos, fates and histories long forgotten. Ultimately, it is a story about love and the ties that bind us.

This book does not read like a typical debut novel, it has a heft of wisdom and experience that comes through the page and is unique in younger, less experienced writers. It's like a lush forest full of vibrant and colourful characters, characters of such dimension that none are purely light or purely dark, purely evil or entirely good and righteous. No being is infallible and mistakes are made, but there are victories as well as losses as the struggle for balance in all things ensues.

The love story between Morigan and Caenith has a purity of beauty, like staring at the brush strokes of a masterful renaissance painting. It grounds the chaos of the events of the novel and when Morigan and Caenith are apart there is an urgency to their reunion. Their story brings balance not just to Geadhain but to the story itself like a pulsing pinprick of light in the centre of a dark orb.

This book is an accomplishment, for a debut author or an experienced one, because it transports the reader into a rich visual realm with characters that don't leave you wanting for much of anything, except the next book!

A must-read for lovers of the fantasy genre and I would recommend non-fantasy readers pick it up as well because of its broader appeal.