The Starless Crown

One of the best prologues I've ever read. His world is also the most dangerous I've ever read, with tons of unique animals and poisonous bugs.

Most of his animalia is awesome but some are pretty lazy. There is a Tiger that he just renamed “Tyger” and gave it Lynx ears. It's particularly irritating to me when fantasy writers just change a letter and act like it's a completely new imagining of the animal. Either just call it a Tiger or call it something completely different. I will give credit though because he created a spider wasp creature that was terrifying and imaginative! He also has pictures of the creatures throughout the book so you can fully grasp what they look like.

The first 2/3rds of the book was very interesting but the last bit just lost it for me. I don't really like steampunk stuff that much and was expecting a traditional High Fantasy.