Meh. M.R. Carey's work has been very hit-and-miss for me in the past, so I know to go into these sorts of things with cautious optimism, and sadly, this was a bit of a miss, too. The storyline is so incredibly jumpy and inconsistent — not to the point of being hard to follow, just to the point of being a bit irritating. I was only somewhat intrigued through most of it, but never fully drawn in, and by the end, it just felt like the beginning to a series I would never have any interest in continuing. (On top of that, I don't believe it actually will be a series, only that it feels so incomplete in the end that one would think it should be.)

Aside from all of that, I really strongly dislike the art style and thought the details in much of the finer points, such as expressions on faces, left a lot to be desired.

Content warnings for:

Spoiler

death, violence, mutilation, racism, racist hate crimes, severe injuries of small children, death during childbirth

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this review copy in exchange for an honest review!