Falling Kingdoms is the first installment in what I can tell is going to be an epic fantasy series. The plot of this book completely blew me away. So many things happened, and there were so many unexpected twists (not to mention unexpected deaths that kept me frantically reading.) The only reservation I have is that I'm not really a fan of any of the characters yet. They're ok, but many times as I was reading I found them annoying and I can't say I've grown attached to any of them yet. I place a lot of judgment based on how strong the characters are when I read a book, so the fact that I didn't really like any yet still devoured this book speaks that much more highly of its plot. Hopefully I will grow more attached to the characters as the series continues.