A start to a series and not quite a complete story on its own imo. I enjoyed it, though I'm not sure I'll be picking up the sequels. I liked the detail and thought the author put into the world building, and overall the writing was fine, though it was awkward whenever it dealt with the sole child character, Aria. Aria was not a believable child, and the adults' reactions to her felt like caricatures of regular behavior and emotion. But that was a relatively small portion of the story. The book was lighter on romance than I expected and I felt that it would've been better if the overt romantic elements were left out completely. Subtlety is always the way.