Interesting. The story and the characters are decent, but they don't come even close to the quality of Riyria. It felt a little jerky, sudden scene or conversation changes that didn't feel like a normal story transition. The overall tone of the book seemed a little one note to me, there was never really any tension built through the story, the climax was resolved too quickly to create suspense. 
 I liked Ellis enough, but Pax annoyed me. My favorite character was Alva.