i... cannot believe i actually finished this book. this was the book i was always afraid to pick up. could it be maybe 200-300 pages shorter... yeah. but i do think it all had purpose. it built to the non-stop action and movement we see in the latter two thirds.

anyways, wow. apparently 800+ page epic fantasies are slowly becoming my thing? (but also give me like another 2 or 3 years before i'm ready to pick up the prequel).