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Kinda of torn in rating it. I loved the worldbuilding, backstory and the divinities idea. The magic also bends my way in how mysterious and wondrous it is, instead of being set in stone like Magical Commandments.
However, I also had problems with pace, meandering and infodumping.
This kinda of remembered me of Sanderson's Mistborn. Overall, it's a more mature Mistborn.
This means the politics and intrigue are better and deeper, there's sex and swearing. Everybody is also an adult. Characterizatio ...more
However, I also had problems with pace, meandering and infodumping.
This kinda of remembered me of Sanderson's Mistborn. Overall, it's a more mature Mistborn.
This means the politics and intrigue are better and deeper, there's sex and swearing. Everybody is also an adult. Characterizatio ...more

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