This is a delightful pacy epic YA. It's incredibly rich for a debut but does have A LOT of ideas in it which might have been thinned into two books. That said, my main criticism is that I would like to pick up the next book now, please. It reminds me of The Wind Singer and Girls of Paper and Fire series, which are both favourites of mine. Think intrigue, messy families, ongoing peril, magic. Can't wait for Part II. 

Thanks to Hodderscape for access to an audiobook ARC.