The Way of Shadows reading 1

I think that this post will be a bit all over the place. First of all I am loving this book, the characters, the setting, the way that the story is advancing, all of it. The characters are shown to change as the book goes on with the main character showing the most dramatic of the changes but that may be due to the book following him as he grows up as an apprentice of the best assassin, so a character would change as we follow his journey that starts as an eleven year old orphan on the street and currently is about 21 and an assassin.
The way that the story is presented is also a huge draw for me because it does not seem to be all that predictable, as in it follows the main character Kylar but then it seems to suddenly introduce a character who through connections to other characters shows that the worlds only prophet has sent him there to assist a duke who has actually left and named his son duke causing the problem of the new character not being sure and running through what he remember of what the prophet said. After a few chapters the perspective shifts to the prophet and one of his close friends and we learn a bit more of this proficiency that foretells the possible fall of a kingdom and how the main character is wrapped up in all of the coming events. The story then starts to make more sense as the prophecy shows itself in less cryptic terms and the story has this feeling of a mystery being uncovered with me saying "oh so that is what he meant" a lot over the course of this reading. The fact that the book involves magic is also a huge plus along with the humor that is present, which is surprising given the books subject matter. I would recommend this book to anyone because I feel like it would grow on them if it didn't catch their eye at first.