The Kingdom of Liars begins with a promising premise: a fantasy world in which magical powers are finite and can be traded with one's memories. I also enjoy that this book begins in medias res--too often, fantasy and sci-fi books spend the first few chapters on long, boring exposition. This book dives right in with the protagonist, a self-proclaimed "kingkiller," on trial for regicide (Jamie the Kingslayer, is that you?). However, the writing is a bit clunky and some of the scenes felt uncomfortably cringy. Points for concept but none for execution.