This book flew by

As with his previous book, the combat is excellent — grounded in real understanding of movement, but using magic.

Something most writers screw up on is the sense that the writer has a plan for the characters, but the author leaves us with clues on what the bigger direction will be, while at the same time leaving a lot left to be discovered.

The way the author paced the power growth of the character is slow enough that he’s not becoming too powerful at once.