I really like the world, a few of the side characters, and a few of the twists. It does feel like some first time author stuff going on, possibly—the first book in particular has some weird stuff with women-women interactions around shaming. There’s no real stakes and the two main characters actually bug me sometimes...But they’re quick reads and pretty fun. It’s an endearing series that obviously means well. Mostly I see this as the foundation for setting up the series I really, really love: Six of Crows duology.