Found this one to be a good read. A bit different diving into the banking nature of such a time period. The character views were all enjoyable for me which to me is not easily pulled off. These days many write multiple character views and there are usually ones that make me groan whenever their passage comes. I have to say that was not the case with this one. 
 If I truly could I'd probably give this one something from 3.75 to 3.85. Reason being that there was a point that it felt to be dragging for me where as a book of higher caliber generally has me so engaged I will not put it down until I have completed the journey. But in the end what matters is if the book leaves me wishing for more and this one has done exactly that. After reading the extra space opera that came with the book I will in all likelihood return to the second part of this series unless. 
 I would definitely recommend it to other fantasy enthusiast though I will say it generally lacks for those seeking action scenes. That could be one reason it dragged a bit for me. While I enjoyed all the character viewpoints none of them grabbed me to make me latch onto the character. They were just all good but no one that made me say 'This here is one of my favorite fantasy characters.' 
 Sometimes balance is a good thing, heh.