In the Wake of the Wicked

It took me a while (15 days) to read and finish this book, which for me is long time. Now I know it's a long book but also I know I've read this many pages before (aka 600+ page books) and read them quicker. It all depends on the pacing/characters/plot strength and obviously, how much I'm enjoying it. It's a big world and there's a lot of world-building attached to it. It's done well, even though I took a while and rated it 3 stars. I liked that the book was very rich on all three fronts – plot, characters, world-building. Luckily the author was able to balance it all well enough (it was other reasons why I didn't rate it higher).

This is probably a me thing but... modern terms/word in a full-fantasy world are still a new concept to me. If I see them in a book it tends to take me out, reminding me of where I actually am. When I'm reading fantasy I like to think I'm in the book itself. One or two “Yeah” in a full fantasy world isn't that bad (in fact it works for me in other books but that's due to the author's writing style). There were multiple and other modern instances