The Blood Stones

Dnf 50% I tried. I really did but I had no drive to continue. I found the characters to be boring and if I'm honest I feel the author chose the wrong MC for this book.   The traitors son and senna would have been far more interesting   Also I couldn't see the point of this book? There was next to no plot and hardly any character development. Hardly anything had happened. And I get that Gehrin storyline you won't get a lot but I would still expect to see more connection between the brothers instead of being told. And to go from one brother hating him to being fine the next minute is a bit jarringBut to have no threads of storylines woven throughout the book was a choice and one that isn't for me. There was no hook to keep me going no questions and answers happening. Why was the kings son killed ? What is Master L plan? Why was he taking the kids to what purpose? Having his POV i feel we should have been told the why of things. We're told a lot of the political manoeuvring and they feel very shallow and unbelievable. The author has obviously put a lot of thought into the worldbuilding but in some cases it doesn't translate well to the page but I can see this being the strongest part of the story. I found the writing to be a bit jarring. It would repeat itself and meander on long sentences when it's not needed. Towards the end I skimmed a lot to try to get to the point of each scene and chapter and yet I couldn't seem to find one. Overall I find the story very shallow and it's not for me.