Ankoku is a likable lead, and I clicked with a lot of his feelings, but I had trouble keeping tabs on the story. There's a lot going on in here: werewolves, dragons, elves, vampires, time travel, 9/11 (???), and a grab bag of other world mythologies. Reading the other reviews, I feel like the odd one out here, because I felt the pacing to be really slow - stopping often to explain the various pieces of world building and describe settings in great detail before moving the plot forward. I think the stop-and-go nature of this made it hard for me to follow along, because I found myself losing the plot more than once. Anyone who likes heaps of world-building and mythology will probably find more in here than I did.

Thanks to NetGalley and Steely Co. Publishing for the review copy. All thoughts in this review are my own.