Mehrota’s fantasy (or SF, but whatever) world is cleverly constructed and she has a real sense of how to build the mystery of the world that YA books run on. And while some of the reveals were contrived, the characters felt real and like their choices were reasonable. And the absence of a who will she choose love triangle made me very happy. (And I appreciated the firmness with which she dealt with harassment in this story. Nicely done.)
Anyway, cool concept; will definitely track down the sequel.