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Hot damn, what a good revenge story. Relationships and character development felt genuine. Superhuman will leading to superhuman skills was awesome enough to accept (especially in a fantasy book). Enough rules to the magic system to keep me engaged and curious about the mysteries. Enough politics to make the world feel real but never enough to distract from the action constantly driving the story forward. Best thing I read in 2023. Immediately read the sequel and am eagerly looking forward to the next one.

While by no means perfect, this wrapped up most of the plot lines I care about. The "spoiler" at the end honestly sounds like the beginning of a thread that would take more than a single book to explore so I'm doubtful that a fourth book would really be the end of the series. Not that I'd be against another trilogy but it would have to have a very different feel to the series if it was centered around the same characters given their wildly different dispositions between the beginning of the series and where they end up at the finale of Tyrant.

Felt fast paced throughout though there was still plenty of time to get to know the cat on the stairs. Really dig the world building. Takes as a challenge Asimov's “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. Epic in scope, tight in character development. Looking forward to the next in the series.

Although I enjoyed the mystery and tension of the earlier books more, I have to give Hugh full credit for sticking the landing. It's all too common for great starts to peter out, but not here! Loved the whole series and happy to see an adaptation come to the screen. Well deserved.

Fitting end to a fantastic series.