3.25⭐️

I was torn about where to start with this series - the publication order or chronological order. In the end I thought I would read the first in the series (with the same characters) chronologically and see if I want to leapfrog to Revelations or stick to Chronicles. From what the author has said the books in Chronicles are more or less stand alone stories while the sequel has a more over arcing story. So maybe I will head on to The Rose and the Thorn after this read.

Now on to how I felt about the book. Knowing the 2 MC's in this book go on to be friends or at least partners in the books set a decade from this one was kind of a spoiler that the 2 would get along by the end of the book. Though this did not spoil my enjoyment of the book, I think knowing that this was a prequel colored my perception of the book and I did not enjoy it as much. But I think that is the case as this is an introduction to the world and the next will ramp up the plot and the friendship between Hadrian and Royce. That is what I am looking forward to the most really.