" Yeah, y'know, pretty readable (I finished it and picked up the third book right away) but very clearly Tolkienesque in an inferior way as far as things like depth of world-building go. Not bad but not much more. And yeah, again, I have to call out the Arthur bit - why bring in that tired ol' piece of fantasy unless you do something quite different with it (as Gwyneth Jones did in Bold As Love)? "
— Jenni, 1/9/2014