Good storyline, distinct characters, and ended on a good cliffhanger.  This wasn’t amazingly written but it was high on plot so the writing didn’t need to be anything fancy anyway.  It was also interesting reading a fantasy where the world building is based on East Asian mythology and culture.  Would probably read the other books in the series.

Updated this to 4.5 bc after reading more fantasies over the year I realised how good this was and I want to read the other books for sure.