Isaiah

Definitely a 4.5 stars for me. I feel like the gunslinger (book 1) is really just a 250 page prologue to this book, which I feel overall is book 1, this books is definitely THE book to drive forward the plot and establish our main characters. Which I really enjoyed having this fresh new idea of how to tell a fish out of water story. Kings way of telling his own version of a fish out of water story was so fun, seeing Roland travel to our earth inside of Eddie's body and having to learn and help Eddie and the other two “drawings” with their earthly problems was extremely fun. The book definitely slowed down for me once we got to odetta/detta but only when Roland traveled to her time period of New York to “draw” her, after the “drawing” this character really shined having that element of (when is this character going to eventually shift to her “evil” alter ego to cause more chaos for Eddie and Roland was for sure one of the best parts of this book). And of course the “third drawing” was great.
Overall this book definitely felt like the true first book in to (what I can already guarantee) one of my favorite series I've read so far.

TLDR

Definitely the first true book to this series with a lot of fun and adventurous ideas. King was definitely more comfortable in his writing style in this one I think

I genuinely cannot comprehend or even explain how good this book is. I rarely think something is a masterpiece or a perfect 10/10 but I cannot stress it enough I CANNOT think of any negative thing about not only this book but the book before this one (howling dark). From cover to cover I was fully FULLY enthralled by every page, every chapter, every section of this book. This book is multiple perfect books into one perfect set. I can't get this book/series out of my mind, I legitimately DREAM about the events that happen in this series,
I don't have the ability to properly articulate how amazing this book is
Other than it's perfect FOR ME
It's everything I love in fantasy/science fiction
10/10 without a shadow of a doubt

This entry hurts in all the right ways. I don't think I've ever read a book darker and more depressing as this. Kingdoms of death truly puts Hadrian through the mental and physical ringer and by the time the ending comes I can almost feel the mental, emotional and physical toll this character carries.
Christopher ruocchio is a genius

I don't think I even have the capacity to explain how incredible this book is. There will never be a series like this one, this story has easily been solidified as my favorite of all time. So many brain breaking, jaw dropping, awe inspiring moments. I didn't want it to end I tried savoring the last 100 pages over a span of 4 days, I've never done that. This series has permanently altered my brain chemistry, 6/5 stars, Sun eater is a classic in the making indeed.