Man it was long but intense. There were loads of characters, all fully fleshed out, all with their own strengths and weaknesses and all with their different motives. I mean, talk about shades of grey! And some of the twists! I just didn't see them coming, and there were a lot of them. 
 The beginning was a little tough to get into but I think that was due to it being necessary to leave out certain information. It really picked up at the end though :) 
 My favourite passage (which isn't really a spoiler but is at the same time so I've hidden it just in case), I think it sums up the book and the different plots quite nicely: 
 (view spoiler)["The game wasn't going well. The pieces were spread out before Dorian like armies. Except that they weren't like armies; they were armies, though in this game, few of the soldiers wore uniforms. Even those who did moved with reluctance. The Fool King shamed the Commander. The Reluctant King was kneeling somewhere at this moment. The Mage in Secret's secret had split him from the King Who Might Have Been. The Shadow that Walks and the Courtesan couldn't decide which side they were on. The Rent Boy was moving fast, but too slow, too slow. The Prince of Rats had marshaled his vermin, and they would rise from the Warrens, a tide of human filth. Even the Rogue Prince and the Blacksmith might play a part, if... 
 Blast!" 
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