Really, really good. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters (above all else) and the women in this book are all so amazing I want to be best friends with all of them. The plot isn't terribly original but it's done well, certainly well enough for me to pick up the next book.

The first book in a fantasy series always has to jump through at least some of the same hoops, and to be honest this can make them blur together slightly. And to be honest, this book absolutely falls prey to some of that. However, I'm genuinely so interested in seeing where Hamilton takes it and finding out what ends up happening to our scraggly group of rebels, so I'd say she's succeeded where it counts.