Roil Book Review

I listened to the audiobook for Roil and the narrator was good, but nothing extraordinary.
If you like darker fantasy and distinctive world building, Roil is a good offering. The characters are solid, and out two main leads feel particularly human with a good mixture of flaws and personality that makes it easy to invest in them. Margaret shines more in the due to her competence and managing to land a gritty, forceful, tough personality without being unlikeable. David doesn’t do much through the course of the book, but remains a compelling character despite his addiction because of the aforementioned humanity.
But, the book strength lies in its world building and more particularly the Roil. The Roil successfully pervades the book as this bleak, looming threat. Its monsters are fun and have just enough of the horror aspect and visuals to be intimidating. The use of heat and cold makes the various interactions with and conflicts against the Roil rewardingly interesting as well as diverse.
The story itself walks its various characters through many shades of gray morality, and achieves an apocalyptic and grim narrative/setting without punishing the reader.
Pacing and Prose are solid