Priory of the Orange Tree

Unfortunately DNF… high fantasy really isn’t my cup of tea, it doesnt matter how many female characters you’ve got, apparently.

I really enjoyed this book. The world building is excellent and I thoroughly loved how we learned about it from different angles, people, and cultures to slowly paint a cohesive picture.
The characters feel alive and while I can only claim to like very few of them, I was intrigued by all of them.
The book changes points of view regularly and spans across continents. I was continuously invested in every strand of the story and eager to watch it weave together.
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Also, I liked the dragons :)

7.5/10

As several people have remarked, this book is far too long. Partly this is because only one arc of the story is interesting, and partly because the author spends a lot of time in second gear. As usual with this genre, it's big on crowns and bloodlines - peasants turn out to be lost inheritors of illustrious forebears and are possessed of super-duper powers. Several characters wander about with no real function, and the Great Evil is but a bubble.