This book was so much fun! I've been anticipating it for a while, and finally got around to properly reviewing it.

One thing I particularly enjoyed about this book was the way that people talk to each other. They felt like they were actual people having a conversation. I've read too many authors this year that fell into a trap of having their characters give "speeches" to each other. So they could have these beautiful prose... But it didn't fit the conversation they were having 5 minutes ago. With this I felt like I was actually listening in onto a real conversation. And there were still beautiful, quotable moments that could be pulled from that didn't come out of nowhere. The characters all felt really fleshed out, we get to see a growth of hatred to camaraderie, ignorance to understanding. And it was done really well.

This book tackled some subjects that are very heavy. There's a lot of purity culture involved, there's some deconstruction, conflicting ideologies are going against one another. But for the most part it was handled with a Grace that I was really impressed to see.

There were a couple of times where I thought it went a little bit too fast. It could have taken a bit more time to really get into the why of everything. What we got was good, I just thought we could have gotten a bit more.

Now for my biggest critique, and this is just a me thing, but why is this other world story using the Gregorian calendar? Why did I have to read the word September in a fantasy novel with sorceresses and Giants?! I could not care less if you use champagne in your story, or if you say the word "platonic." But so help me make your own calendar please!! Takes me right out of the story. My suspension of disbelief is shattered and I have to restart my entire investment. Like I said that's a really nitpicky thing, and other people might not mind at all, but it's a little pet peeve of mine.