a fun if slightly frustrating read. the book had some good bones and promising material, but felt a bit like a first draft. pacing was sometimes a bit weird, maeve could have been more fleshed out, and the writing was all very unsubtle. lot of telling when it could have showed just fine. it just felt like the author sometimes didn't trust readers to be able to connect the dots themselves, so things were sometimes overly spelled out rather than letting the audience come to their own conclusions.

still an enjoyable, quick read though, and i've already acquired the sequel :3