the world building was hard for me to follow, but the writing was strong, especially for a debut, and i am excited to see what happens next in this world. the romance is done really well so far, and i hope it continues on an upward trajectory. my biggest issue with this was that, usually, the most impressive part of fanfiction is its ability to become separate from its source material, but the first half of this felt too much like reylo fanfic, and i didn’t really feel its strength as a standalone work until the second half.