How did I not write this one up yet? Maybe because y’all know it but anyway or it’s been long enough that I doubt it I’d do such a long book justice in a short review? 

Okay, so fantasy epic thick enough that you can knock someone out with it (always a plus, if someone interrupts your reading you can make them be quiet). In that, it has a detailed world and history underpinning the story. It has plenty of magic and dragons; around which cultural and historical differences following the defeat of the nameless one a millennia ago. The west being Virtudom, opposing all dragons (even the huggable ones in the east that ain’t done nothin wrong) and worshipping the knighthood of their founder, while the east merrily rides around on dragons but prevents anyone from approaching for fear of a draconic plague (bit of a Europe-China parallel). The morality isn’t clean cut and it has a few surprises in store for those expecting the regular tropes. 
You’ve got a vast world with plenty of character perspectives (it takes a while to settle into all these people, but it is worth it). My favourite of course is Ead and Sabran. Ead Duryan is pretending to be a lady-in-waiting (or sapphic love-in-waiting) of the heirless Queen Sabran IX, but is actually a mage sent by the Priory to spy on and protect the queen.