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 Spoiler Free Review: 
 What better way to start off the New Year by starting a new fantasy series? I love marothoning series, especially complicated high fantasies. Although, the story went in a different direction than I was hoping, I still very much enjoyed it. The plot was very engrossing and the characters were so much fun to read about. 
 The world building was very good and the author was able to balance out the characters, plot, and world building. It was easy to get an understanding of what was going on in the world. I also really liked the unique magic system and the laws behind it. The story took place in a city rather than a kingdom which I found to be very interesting that a queen would rule a city. The story of Hanalea and The Demon King was a fascinating one and I loved how a warrior queen was admired by everyone in Fellsmarch. I'm not sure if it's just me, but Hanalea was seen to me as an "Avatar" like figure to the people. She was admired and there were statues of her in the city. 
 I really liked the two main characters, Han and Raisa. Han is a wanted criminal in a Fells known as "Cuffs" because of his thick silver cuffs on his arm that he can't seem to get off. Even if he did many horrible things, he's not a heartless monster. He had this charm to his character that reminded me of Flynn Rider from the Disney movie, Tangled. Raisa ana' Marianna was the princess heir of Fells, obviously coming from a completely background than Han. She is very stubborn, selfish, and a bit willful. But, what I liked about Raisa was that she knew what she did wrong. She understood that she needed to know what was going on in her city Fells in order to be queen. I liked that Raisa tried to improve and better herself. 
 As for the love interest, I liked Amon. He was very sweet and compassionate, even if he did get on my nerves about protecting Raisa. Of course I hated Micah, I thought he was quite obnoxious. The romance with Raisa was actually irritating. It seemed like she was jumping back from guy to guy. I was glad that she was clever and figured out Micah. There was, however, a moment with Amon that was very spontaneous and unnecessary. (view spoiler)["She couldn't say what made her do it, but she waited until they were about ten feet away, then gripped Amon's lapels and pulled him down for a long passionate kiss." (hide spoiler)] I'm not sure why the author pulled that on the readers, but it was kind of just thrown at me. 
 I'm very much interested to see what goes down in the sequel, and I'm hoping there will be more magic and political intrigue. If you a reader of high fantasy and big books, I would most definitely recommend this book. ;) 
 Rating: 3.5/5