Re-read. Epic fantasy, power struggles in desert setting/ across a continent. Would have been useful if I could have rotated the map on my laptop screen but, reading late at night, was too lazy to keep switching back
Read it as a teen & feel that I thought the MCs were a bit Mary Sue & angsty but didn't find that this time. Maybe because I'm older/ not so passionate or invested in my reads/ I know I've read it before so didn't charge ahead ..?