Ashley
At first I was afraid I wasn't going to like this book. The “magic” system with constructs isn't really my style. A bit too “monstery” for my taste and I'm not usually into monster stuff. But, very quickly the book pulled me in anyway. I don't know if it was the writing style or the characters or both, but I got invested and hooked pretty quickly. There are multiple points of view and I ended up enjoying all of them. I don't think I ever dreaded reaching a certain character, which is pretty common for me.
Also, I would die for Mephi.