*4,5 stars*

After years of hearing about this series, I finally decided it was time to pick it up and I'm so glad that I did. The hype and love surrounding this book are absolutely earned, the world building and magic system are impressive, the characters are interesting and lovable and the plot is engaging. The pace slows down in the middle of the book, because the characters get separated and then we have to read about the same part of the journey from three different perspectives and even if the different groups of characters have different experiences, it did get a bit slow and repetetive in a sense. Also, since there were perpectives that I cared for more than others, that also affected my enjoyments of that part of the book. With that I mean that I was loving the book, then I was still enjoying the book just a little bit less and then by the end I was loving the book again. That's why I knocked half a star. But overall, this was fantastic.