A great fall read, with a grumpy sunshine main protagonist who you'll love to root for. I bought this upon release and put off reading it for 3 years because of the very questionable passage about dreadlocks within the narrative. This was a definite oversight by Novik, and I think her taking full responsibility for this mistake, apologising, and removing it from future printings was the best way to move forward. I do believe that humans make mistakes and deserve the benefit of the doubt when they try to better themselves. I'm glad I finally picked this up, and I am excited to dive into the rest of the trilogy this autumn. The world building and the magic system and just everything trying to kill them was fascinating, but my favourite part about it all was El and Orion's love-hate relationship. I definitely ship it.