This is an outstanding debut fantasy novel. I found it so hard to put it down, I was spellbound by this fantastic story. I loved the writing, it painted a beautiful world in my head as I was reading. A few chapters in, and they weren't just pages. I was right there with Santha.  

“‘𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.'”


Now, it does take a moment to pick up. The first little bit was definitely more dull. But once she leaves, the story flew by for me. This does follow the "chosen one" trope, but it did  very well in my opinion. I adore Santha, I found her to be very interesting, and an incredibly well-defined character. I do wish that we would have got more of the relationships of both Biahnd and Erod, with Santha. Some more buildup of the relationships, to make us feel more for Santha when the times comes. That would be my main harp. 

“‘𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺. 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺—𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵—𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.'”

As a whole, the plot and characters flow wonderfully and it's just a great, fun adventure! I loved every second of the story, and I can not wait to get my hands on the more from this world! 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5
 
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘙𝘊, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯.