Interesting
Early on in the book when things were going on so slow, I had it in my mind that this was a 1/5 star book. And it stayed that way for a long time, way past when a book should grab hold of you and dare you to put it down. When it did reach that point, it slowly made up for the rest of the book, raising it to a 2/5 star book. But it kept getting better and finished on a very high point. Look, I can read, and I see that a lot of people loved this book from beginning to end. I envy them. I did not have as smooth a ride with this story, despite how much I liked the main character Pyrre. What kept me going was a new character who was larger than life and embraced life as much as death. I'm talking about Ela. What a beautiful character she is. And it is she alone that may invite me to read this book again in about five years or so. The book finished on a very high note, and I am giving it 3/5 stars.