Dee's Reviews > Song of Blood & Stone

Setting aside around page 140 because I just don't think this is for me. Though definitely a fantasy, with intriguing magic systems and an interesting world setup, it's very much structured as a romance, with alternating close-focus POVs following an intertwined and very personal story. It gives a very limited lens on the world and the conflicts therein, which I found frustrating from an epic-fantasy-reader slant. The limited view meant that the mysteries seemed fairly obvious and yet the goals were sometimes opaque or indeed entirely lacking while we skipped over the bit between one conclusion and the next uptick.

All of these things are, I think, just about me reading this as a fantasy reader, not a romance reader. So someone who loves romance and is quite fond of fantasy (as opposed to the other way around) might find this much more their thing. It's nicely written, the characters are interesting, and there are some great and topical themes going on.