The Twice-Drowned Saint

This book was fine, but I found it kind of disappointing. The descriptions were so over the top that they didn't have the visceral feel that they should have to me, the pace meant that character relationships feel unearned, and we're chained to the POV of one of the least interesting characters involved. For some reason the world building is loaded into the second half. Despite the content it really feels like there are no stakes as (aside from one near the end) all losses are immediately reversed and most problems are solved without much intervention from the main character.

The angel descriptions mostly felt imaginative and the setting was interesting enough.