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A little disappointed with this one. A very long introduction that I don't think needed to be this drawn out. And some really upsetting choices.

CONTENT WARNING: (view spoiler)[ an extreme and graphic abuse of a cat. He lives, but I had to skip multiple pages of it. Loss of a parent, ostracism, classism, child abuse. (hide spoiler)]

Things to love:

-Fun magic system. A little pat, but also nice to see something a bit more "hard magic" feeling.

-Good boy kitty. Love a good sidekick kitty.

-Lots of mystique. Definitely things I want to know more about!

Things I didn't love:

-Characterization. The evil folks are evil because they're evil, and they do really torqued things in great detail. I didn't care for that. I'm used to the cast of the Verus series, which I think are generally more complex and interesting in their own rights. Not so much here.

-A little young. This one reads more like it's aiming for the YA market, which is fine but YIKES on some of the content then.

-Overly drawn out. This one falls into the "but how will they know all about the cool stuff in my notes if I don't tell them every detail!" category. This book should have been a subplot in the next book.

I don't think I'll continue, and the bits that stick out to me do so in a not so positive way, so this is 2.5 rounded down.