Solid world-building, a frustrating romance (because of the trope it used - I don't wanna spoil it), but it is still worth the read. Despite being a story involving many divergent ideas that labored to work together, I had a fun ride. I absolutely plan to stick with this series as I enjoyed the world-building and was intrigued by all of the secondary characters. If you like a long, solid background story that sets up the rest of a series, you might enjoy it as much as I did.