i took an AGE to read this book because it’s quite dense and there’s a lot to digest but wow. i think this is the most thought out book i’ve ever read. the detail of each nation and its history and the whole story of cleolind and kalyba and neporo is insane idk how anyone comes up with shit like that. i love how different each region is and also ive never read a book that had multiple religions before and ones that were so in depth. as i said its dense and i think its just because so much information is given but you need it all to understand the story. i like the different perspectives, niclays was my least favourite and as a character i don’t really like him that much. i think my favourite to read from was either ead’s pov because of her and sabran (i love them) or tané because of nayimathun. oh and also loved aralaq, i like that there were animals and that some could talk. the vibe of this book was just spot on, super mysterious and sort of dark but then im glad there was a happy ending and that all the pov characters came together at one point. sad that kit died tho 😭 he was so sweet and funny i wish he’d been in it more