I have to be honest. The first half of the book is very slow. It doesn’t start to get interesting until about Chapter 12/13 (for me at least). I can understand that the background stories are important for the bigger plot, but it felt very long getting into the more juicer plot.

The book takes right off at the coronation— that’s when the bigger plot line truly sets in and everything starts become more interesting.

The betrayals coming in at every angle, the plot twists twisting in multiple spots, the unexpected alliances (if you can even call it a true alliance??)

It is truly a great read, but you have to move through the first part of the book that deceives you into thinking the book is all about something when it is actually about another thing entirely and that was just the entree warning you up for the main course