I found this world and story interesting. It read with the same loose understanding of the world mythology often presents. Maia was a pawn of forces beyond herself and thus is subject to their whims more so than her own decisions. Normally, that would be against the rules of good storytelling, but like the protagonists of myth, the events of her life are not hers to choose but to endure and that's refreshingly honest.

I do have to say that the book ends oddly, and it took me a while to actually close it out after the main action of the plot concludes. Pacing-wise, it crashes to a halt, but understandably so. Regardless, taking the time to answer long-held questions does leave the story in a fulfilling place heading into Epilogue/sequel tease.

Brittannia as it E. M. Kkoulla renders it, is a world I will be revisiting very soon.