I was expecting something grim and dark, and this book is those things, but it's also surprisingly funny?  Kosara's perspective is lively and sarcastic, which brings a lot of light to what could have been a very dreary setting. The audiobook narrator also brought a lot of personality to the text and handled all the complex pronunciations flawlessly. I thought the monsters and the world building were cool; I really liked all the tidbits about how to deal with the different monster types and little self-aware almost meta comments that Kosara would make about the folklore of the universe. I liked the side characters, although apart from the detective you don't get to see too much of anyone, and there's lots of room to use them more in future books in this series. I definitely plan on continuing, this is one of the better fantasy series I've started in a while.