The White Rose

I don't have a ton of analysis to offer this time, and the main intention of this review is to get you to start book 1 if you haven't read this series yet. I'll start by reiterate its selling points.

No bloat. Lean & mean, nothing spoonfed, nothing stretched nor repeated, no world building except for what happens.
No bullshit. No self-serious convoluted magic system, no glossary, no maps.
No borders. Cook writes what he wants, in full freedom and with an unrestrained, original imagination.
No brainwashing. Cook has no political agenda -- except maybe showing that morals are messy, and that evil exists.