I had no idea what to expect going into this book, it's quite a short blurb giving no real hints, and was in an impulse buy in my local used bookstore. It's written from several characters perspective but always centered around the protagonist Abelina. The style of writing would be what I would call a stream of consciousness, it's very much along the lines of what the character is thinking at the time interspersed with dialogue. This can make it hard to follow sometimes, especially during dreams, but I can see that it’s well done. 

The first half of the book I didn’t enjoy massively for a couple of reasons. Getting used to the writing style for one thing, but also it felt like some character description or back story was missing. It made it a bit harder to get invested in feeling dropped into the middle of a world I knew nothing about. Once I’d gotten used to it though and the characters were established, I started really enjoying it. It’s a very dark read so you must be in the right frame of mind to read this one as well. I’m hovering between 3.5 and 4 stars, but I’m settling with a high 3.5 just because I wasn’t too invested in the characters until very near the end.