Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: My First Taste of the Series

This is the first book I've read by Ellis Peters, but I'm glad to say that it delighted me enough to go on and buy the second. Cadfael is an excellently drawn character, irreverent and witty and sharp. Peters spends a good amount of time in the book setting up the situation, but he does such a good job of drawing the rival characters, the landscapes, and issues of saints and religion that the book grips you all the way through. Once the mystery element does arrive, the tension heightens exponentially. Peters does an excellent job of providing the reader with many viable murderers, thereby always keeping you guessing. That builds to a truly masterful climax where Peters uses elements we've been seeing throughout the book to reveal the killer in a totally unique way.To sum up, great book that held me all the way through and is making me look forward to reading the next.