I started this book with no idea what I was getting into, since the only reason I started reading this book was that I enjoyed other works from this author and expected the same from this.

It did not take me long to figure out this was the first book this author has written, because it's maddeningly obvious in pretty much every aspect of this book.

The world the story has been set in is confusing enough: multiple dimensions, intricate caste-system, vague magic and loads of political intrigue, but it is all written so clumsily that some passages alone made my head hurt. But then there were those few moments where you can see a hint of the tone that the writer adopts in her later works.

If you're able to work your way past the words and into the story however, it's quite the interesting read. Makes me think that this could have been an amazing book, if only the author had honed herself on other works and waited with writing this book until she had come into her own as a writer.