This was a little hard to get into, and while sections of it would grab me, it ended up taking me like 6 months to finish reading this on and off. It was okay, but I don't know if it was worth being almost 900 pages.
I heard such good things - and it has such a cool cover - but it did not hold up to the hype. I was promised dragons and lesbians, and while it technically delivered, it just needed more dragons and lesbians to be honest! It also had the problem where not all of the points of view were equally thrilling. I found myself having to power through sections to get to the good sections again. I enjoyed reading about Queen Sabran the most, though we don't even get her point of view. I think I would have been more interested if it was just her story. She had such an interesting backstory and struggle, and though she could be kind of selfish and stupid sometimes, I found myself rooting for her. I didn't care as much about the point of view characters.
Still, I appreciate that it was a standalone fantasy novel. We need more of those!