Tbh, I think this book had every potential for me to love it, but somehow that didn't happen. I was thrown into it, there was so much information even from the first chapter that I had to go back and keep rereading paragraphs to make sure I was understanding fully what I was reading.

Even though I've really enjoyed Novik's other work, this one was a difficult one for me, mostly because I didn't feel connected to our main girl and the whole "I'm a pariah" situation was a bit more on the telling side instead of on the showing.

Another thing that kinda baffled me was how the relationship between her and Orion evolved cause I really don't know how we ended up with the whole "dating" scene.

Overall this book left me confused at best.