The New Crowned

Three adjectives to quickly describe this book: epic, ambitious, iwantmoreplease.
The story has all the epicness and lore of a Sanderson book, mixed with the minimalist approach to magic (not so minimal) and political intrigue of Joe Abercrombie. And let me tell you, it works together beautifully.
This is such an ambitious debut and I applaud the courage and effort it must have cost to craft this story the way the author wanted. M. B. Castle did an amazing job keeping this a fast-paced, high stakes story at all times.
I would encourage everybody to read the prologue, that's where I fell in love with the world, legends and lore Castle created, and it never stopped moving forward.
Also, if you give this book a go, don't get attached to ANY character. I've only read the first ASOIAF book, and haven't watched the series, but you know what happens and how unexpected it is... Well, I won't tell you how, where or when because I would love for you to suffer as much as I did. <3
That all said, I thank the author for sending me an eArc of the book. I will definitely be looking forward to book two. I'm so happy to see a latin-american author crafting a story to the highest of levels and I can't wait to see his improvement over the years.
Oh, and I didn't like the book cover at first, but thank the stars for accepting his offer to review the book anyway.