The pacing of the book felt disjointed, and I often got confused about the timeline because it jumps around a bit. It feels almost like an arc based, episodic spaghetti western in book form. I kind of guessed what I supposed was the major plot twist solely because

the author expected us to believe that the MC was a 14 year old boy making all those decisions. Honestly would have been far more believable if the MC had been in his early twenties, as I had originally made him in my head canon. I really didn’t get that creative decision, so it took me out of the experience every time his age was mentioned. Even more so with the parts requiring sexual maturity. At 14? Be so for real.

Otherwise, it was an interesting world, though it required your imagination to fill in a lot of blanks, but I don’t mind that. I kind of like the breadcrumb world building. Undecided if I’ll pick up the next book, but we’ll see after I make a dent in more of my to read list.