An action-packed gore fest, the author delights in ripping, slicing, shredding burning and melting our indomitable protagonist over and over again, pushing her to the brink of her humanity to survive another day for her cute will-they wont-they slave girl maid partner. I can say in good faith that I have never read a story with so many creative ways to damage its protagonist. Do read this if you are looking for a dark story where you can spectate every character being brutalized as punching bags for the cruelty of fate, with strong themes of perseverance and love overcoming all. Don't read this if you expect anyhappy endings.

Major gore content warning!

Relationship CW's:
There are two age-gap/ underage relationships contained within. One between a ten year old girl and an un-aging 60 year old witch, and another between a twelve/ thirteen year old girl and a scantily clad thousand year old vampire who "doesn't see age."

Spoiler Section:

My overall feelings were positive until the final two chapters of volume 5. Where things took a sharp turn for unearned angst.
The plot effectively fully resets and the book ends on, "and then everyone dies and the bad guy wins." This comes after a fantastic climax to the series so far where the entire ensemble of heroes that have been introduced each get their own space to shine and overcome their own personal demons. This genuinely felt like a stab in the back, making the act of reading book 5 feel wasted. The entire journey was made meaningless in the end.