This took me too long to finish but I read half in 2 days. It was sooooooo good. I was so invested in the characters. I fell in love with them. It was sad. Brutal at times. It was game of thrones meets hunger games meets the kite runner? Ha. I'm not sure but it was fabulous! I never go into the next book of a series immediately after but I'm tempted..... Very very pleased with this book and very surprised by some of the mixed reviews I saw on it. I loved every minute of it.