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2/28/2017
Excellent character development, and really deep and interesting world-building
At 583 pages, this is a GRRM-level doorstopper -- but I found the characterization well-done, and the world-building really deep and interesting, so I never found it tedious or felt as though it dragged. It alternates between current-day and flashback chapters, but I thought it did so successfully. I never felt confused about where I was in the timeline.
It's about a clever, feisty young woman who is a superb warrior, and who -- for reasons -- has sworn to kill all of the 12 kings. I am looking forward to the next book in the series, but hoping that the author is not going to pull a GRRM-neverending-saga on me and kill off only one king per book. ;-)
I have also read the short novel prequel Of Sand and Malice Made, and thought it was fantastic; it fills in a bit of back story for the main character. I'm looking forward to the next book, With Blood Upon the Sand, which was just released.
I highly recommend this series.