The pace is quite fast, but it rarely feels like it's actually rushing past important things. We still get character interactions and their development feels natural. We start rooting for the main cast and their growth as the story continues. I do have to complain about how some characters are added to the main cast unnaturally, but most of the time I was enjoying how everything turned out.
The villains do turn out to be a little one note after the elves, so don't expect grand plots and a deep philosophy, but their designs were nice and the fights were very well made, as well as the character interactions during said fights.
My heart says to give it an 8 or a 9, but I think objectively it is a 7. It's good, but it probably won't blow your expectations away.
