"I meant the missing pieces of your soul," he said as he examined it. "Do you feel the wind whistling through the gaps?"

I thoroughly enjoyed this! The cover gave me more romantasy vibes but it really isn't that. It's a dark political fantasy, with a side of toxic yuri. The characters are not perfect people and are all deeply flawed, but their actions line up with their characterizations. There was a mix of royalty politics and religious politics at play, both intertwining wonderfully. The religious politics has the witches (women herbalists) against the catholic church flavour/style but with this world's equivalent which isn't to everyone's tastes, but it was well handled here. I also enjoyed the necromancy and the depiction of Death, and I'm excited for the sequel. 

Queerness was casual and not societally frowned upon, which I find refreshing in political fantasies like this. 

4.5-4.75, bumped up because I just want to see more of this kind of thing