This was a good choice to pick this up again. You are thrown straight into this world with an ongoing war, prophecies, politics and all things magic.

You can read this book first as it does fill you in on what’s been happening in the world of the Witcher through character dialogues but I’d really recommend reading the short stories first just to enhance the story for you

I am slightly biased here as I absolutely love The Witcher 3 so crossing over the game makes getting lost into this world and characters more magical

The chapters are really quite long, I think there’s only 7 throughout and each one almost stands as it’s own situation that coincides with the main plot which keeps the book more interesting

The characters really stand out here, their personalities come alive out of the pages although it needs to be noted that some of their conversations and situations are outdated

The first book in the series sets up the groundwork for the chaos that’s about to come