I was recommended to read this book by one of my dnd buddies. He said it was pretty good and that was all it really was. It was “good” by means of the author has a way of painting the story with words. Though I found Viv’s, the main character, string of luck to be painfully boring. Each chapter something good happens to her and that which made the climax seem a lot less interesting. Especially considering all goes well after the climax, as stories go. It was incredibly boring.

Viv was an unlikeable character. She and Tandri both had nothing interesting to bring to the table which made the slight romance towards the end feel unnecessary.

Cal and Thimble were my favorite characters as Cal seemed to have a realistic personality and goal and Thimble was so under minded at the climax that I felt more bad for Thimble than I did Viv. All he could say was “oh no…” and he left???? That was it??? The place in which little man’s works is burned to the ground, his kitchen gone, his stove gone, and all he could do was an oh no and left? No shared grief with Viv and Tandri?

This book would have been better if each chapter hadn’t been good streak after good streak with the barest minimum tease of protagonists who turned out to be nobodies in the end. Fennus was barely a villain. The characters had almost no personality so it was hard to really feel anything for them.