If you haven’t started this series and you look to me to settle your decision to whether give this series a go or not, I strongly advise that you have to be patient with this novel. “People do the worst evil when they do not have to take responsibility themselves but can blame others.” The result? I overall enjoyed this one very much, and with some caveats, I recommend this to patient epic/historical fantasy readers. The Moontide Quartet is an epic fantasy series that’s highly recommended by one of my favorite booktubers-Kitty G-and it has been on my radar for years now, and it is thanks to her that I finally gave this series a go. Fortunately, Mage’s Blood, the first book in The Moontide Quartet by David Hair, seems to be rightfully living up to that claim. How many times have you heard this: “If you love Game of Thrones, you will love this,” and how many times have you actually find the books with that recommendation stamped on the front cover to be accurate? Based on my experience, extremely rare. The next Moontide is coming in a year, and The Rondian Emperor wants to use this time to rule both continents, but this time the people of Antiopia will be prepared. Both continents are separated by impassable seas, but once every twelve years, the Moontide makes the water sink and revealed the gigantic Leviathan Bridge that links both continents for two years long. Urte is divided into two continents Yuros in the West, and Antiopia in the East. The first half of Mage’s Blood challenged my patience, but the pay-off-and hopefully the rest of the series-in the second half was bloody rewarding.