This is a fun, quick read that despite the shortness, immerses you into an interesting and dynamic world with a satisfying ending.

Whilst it took me a moment to find my feet in the setting, once there I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The characters are great, and the relationship between them is incredibly well done and perfectly paced. And Evans has an excellent mastery of dialogue, and especially banter.

I really enjoyed the portrayal of the quick-witted Gellert. Again, for the shortness of the piece, there was still a great exploration of who he was and how being trans impacts his life in this world. The idea of Fleshturners and the implications of their existence was thought-provoking and I'd love to read a story which features them more heavily!

On the flip side, I do think that it could have done with a more thorough edit, and despite being well-paced there are some missing scene breaks - I only mention as there were a couple of times where both the edit and lack of scene break tripped me up. And, on a personal note, I don't particularly enjoy reading books formatted for online reading so it took me a bit to get into it (ymmv). All that said, none of it was so egregious, and the story so good, that it didn't massively spoil the experience. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author!