A dark and gripping multi-pov political fantasy!

the magic system and world in this were super cool to read about! all the different worlds and characters interacting made for a tension filled atmosphere. the multi-pov narrative and world were so intriguing and i would love to see it even more developed in any following books!! the cast of characters was so lovely, a mix of moral views and experiences, furthering an expansion of the world seeing all these different world views

the characters were all fun to follow, but i felt like both the personal development and character relations between each other were too rushed, it felt like one moment they hated each other and the next they both had a crush on each other?? i really struggled to want the characters to get together, especially since there is at least one book to follow this - i would have enjoyed seeing them together in the next book as there was a lack of genuine growth and reasoning for the characters to like each other 

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an arc!