wow okay! i really enjoyed this book, though i did find the final line ... perplexing in a kind of annoying way considering im not intending on continuing lol .. but !! that being said, i did enjoy a lot about this book, particularly the characters. i did find the pacing to be a bit off honestly and really found myself skimming quite a bit, considering so much exposition and lore was just thrown in at awkward intervals without much reason behind a lot of it. that being said, i overall enjoyed the character development and dynamics explored within the book, and the concept is really solid! it also is worth mentioning that i ended up annotating this and it's one of the few reasons i got through the beginning (which is remarkably slow). very mixed feelings, but overall pretty positive!