I felt this book was pretty reasonable and I'm going to continue onto the next as other reviews I've read assure me the story gets better.
To me, the first 100 or so pages came off very exposition heavy. This made it really difficult to initially get into. As the story progresses, it goes through intermittent stages where it's very entertainining and then a bit dull. It was one of those books where I was happy enough reading it when it was picked up, but I didn't feel any strong urge to go back to the book and pick it up again.
Magic systems are one of the big reasons I love reading fantasy. This magic system may seem like it has rules, but mostly grants mages ultimate power. The only limit to what can be done comes down to the mages affinity with certain types of magic (coupled with knowledge); how pure their Mage blood is and how tired they are. These rules may make it seem like the magic has interesting limits, but they are pretty subjective and the author can easily write around any perceived limit to the magic. Not necessarily anything wrong with this I suppose, but I feel that it can at times make it more difficult for me to personally engage with.
Two side notes. Seriously, where is the glossary? There are a ton of characters, terms and types of magic in this book that it's hard to keep track of who is who and what is what. Glossary needed. Also, the Game of Thrones comparison on the front needs to go. It's a pet peeve of mine to mindlessly whack a big title comparison on something as a shameless sales tactic. Doubly so when they're actually not alike at all. I don't mean that as a comment on either title, just that one story doesn't have to be just like another story to be good.
Overall, I'd still say it's worth giving a go. At times it is a bit slow, but the good bits show some great promise.
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