In terms of the atmosphere, the writing, everything that happened, this was so good. I almost felt like I was reading a myth retelling, and like all the characters were real people in this world. The atmosphere was perfect too; an atmosphere similar to that of The Night Circus (atmosphere, not the story). I found the characters great too, most of them at least.
So this has all the ingredients to literally be perfect, to be 5 stars. However, something about it just didn't work 100%. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it, but sometimes I would find myself reading and then realise after a while that I wasn't paying attention at all, and instead thinking of other stuff. Then, whenever I re-focused, I was enjoying the writing and story, but then I'd stop paying attention again. It was the weirdest thing! I enjoyed it but I kept getting distracted by my thoughts... What does that mean for the book?