The setting for this tale is primarily aboard ships, ships made of bones from sea dragons, which is fairly unique and a refreshing change from the more traditional settings.

This is a slow burn of a story, with the characters' personalities being slowly revealed and built up as the story progresses, the same being true of the plot, so the further you read, the more interesting it becomes.

For me, it was not a page-turner in the traditional sense, but it was a book that kept me intrigued enough to keep coming back to read a bit more, and more so the closer to the end I got.

This is a good series opener and one that has me tantalised enough to get the next book on the series to see what happens next.