Thank you to the publisher for providing a review copy.

I enjoyed the writing but I did not like the story.  Third person pov in the present tense is one of my favorites to read, yet- 
the pacing was annoyingly slow.
the plot and conflict had poorly developed stakes.
some plot choices (ex. the characters' attractions and romances) were unnecessary and overly dramatic.

It would be remiss for me not to mention the author's disappointing choices in the portrayal of their fat characters.  The villain is fat and his physical description is used to create disgust in readers and to add to his villainy.  Other minor characters' fatness is offensively described as well.

On the plus side, I did finish the book.  So there's that, I guess.