Honestly, this really felt like the draft of a novel. I think the plot was there but not executed well, and moved a bit too conveniently. It felt like we were being told what was happening more so than experiencing it. Also, I cannot believe in any way the relationships between any character in this novel, except for Taj and Omar. It seems like once we reached the palace the story just kinda fell apart and was a skeleton of what the author wanted it to be. As a result, the stronger characters began to quickly fall flat, and anyone new who was introduced just didn’t get developed at all. In short, I think this book fell well below where I wanted it to be, which is a shame because I feel like it has a lot of potential.