If you’re looking for a light, easy reading this is not the book for you. This one needs time to be read and digested.
With rich world-building, this story has a complex lore filled with history, legends and an intricate magic system. I am personally not a fan of the idea of technology and magic mixed together, but I thought it was an interesting concept to have machines fuelled by magic elements and Adams has developed this idea seamlessly into the story.
The story also brings to the fore a full cast of diverse characters, each with their own complicated backstories. The bad guys are surely bad, but you can find a set of morally dubious folks along the way, which of course spices things up.
My favourite character is clearly the Strix, because, who does not love a talking demon blade?
With a heart-pumping epic finale that leaves more open questions than at the beginning of the story, fans of epic fantasy must add this one to their reading list!