This book was so nice. Short but never hurried; when I hit the last page I immediately wanted to leave work to go find a copy of book 2. I almost did, but responsibility won out... barely.

The prose was sweet, the setting idyllic, and the tone wistful. It makes for a great story that you want to listen to while cozy in a blanket with warm drinks. And while it is super comfy it deals with a lot of big themes such as the perception of self, how things can be more than the sum of their parts, religion, and purpose; all handled superbly. I think I had a bit of an existential crisis towards the end when the idea of having purpose in life is challenged. It was so well done that even now I'm am but a hollow shell existing simply because I can lol.

All in all, I loved it and would recommend it to anyone, not just lovers of sci-fi/fantasy genres.