"Amor e sangue. Ambos possuem um poder colossal."

Ok, so not as good but not as bad as I was hoping. I like short stories, and I liked how the characters were presented, it was a good way to be immersed in this world and the politics surrounding it. Having watched the Netflix show beforehand, I was familiar with most of the stories present in this first installment (and, overall, the tv show managed to keep quite truthful to the source material, but with changes for the better - I also think the timeline of the show was easier to follow and made more sense).

I have to say, though, that the writing is somewhat poor and there are a lot of misogynistic lines and characters, with too many sexual remarks (especially directed at women) and that bothered me a lot. The female characters are also portrayed as cunning and manipulative, or else playthings to the men. They are often belittled and mistrusted, especially if they are in a position of power or have power somewhat. The author seems to have some progressive thoughts, though, but it gets lost inside all these other stuff.

Still, I intend to keep going with the series because I really want to get to the material from season 2 and know more about the politics and other aspects of the mythology and world-building.