4.0 A nice little narrative with engaging characters that avoids hero worshipping. It's a little predictable with the character deaths and the worldbuilding is quite basic, except for the magic, but overall it's very enjoyable. The main thing that annoyed me is the disparity between the city descriotions in the first and second half. First it's all canals and open waterways, then it seems like a traditional kind of city with a big wall all around. Nothing that couldn't be fixed with a couple of sentences, but I really wanted to see some difficulties with transporting the "baked goods" to the gates.