I’ve been on the fence about Robert Jackson Bennett’s latest high fantasy series because his last book ended with an emotional sucker punch that I haven’t yet forgiven him for. But I finally decided to give the new series a chance . . .

I need to stop reading Sherlock Holmes stories at one o’clock in the morning . . .

She knows the price you pay for being brave and standing on the front lines of a war, but she still idealizes it . . .

He knows there are pulley systems in the mines to lift ore up the shaft to the surface. He also knows exactly where the conquerors have placed their cannon . . .