When I first started this book I was joking that it was a Young Man without much action. I'm really glad that the book changed because I don't like thinking bad about books :( 
 The book starts off slow, almost boringly slow. Watt-Evans seems to ramble and go off topic a lot. 
 About halfway into the book, things picked up. Although there isn't a major event things build up slowly and then just stops. I have a confession about the main character, I thought he was a bit of a know it all and stuck up. If his nose could go any further in the air I think he'd be flying by it. He just seemed to think he knew EVERYTHING. And he'd be a person in real life I'd avoid like the plague. 
 It's a middle of the road book that I enjoyed reading and I'd look in others in the series. However I think Evans other series were better :)