Right off the bat this book reminded me of Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo mixed with House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas. This is one of those books where you will either LOVE it or HATE it. My rating is somewhere in between. This is a MONSTER book. It took me two days to read with dedicated reading. If you are looking for a non-complicated light fantasy read, this is not it. I cannot stress this enough. This novel is complicated and the threads weave everywhere.