As good as the narration was, I don't recommend the audiobook for this one. It was so difficult to keep the side characters and their titles straight because they were unfamiliar to me. I would have greatly benefited from the "Dramatis Personae" section at the end of the physical book. My hold came in on the audiobook long before I could get a physical copy, though, so I went with the audiobook.

The book had some issues, but was overall an enjoyable experience. I found the third person omniscient narration to be less than ideal for this story, because of the unfamiliar vocabulary. In my opinion, I would have better followed the story from only Fatima's viewpoint, or from a third person limited perspective. The author also used the omniscient narration to dump a lot of information all at once in the earlier chapters. I had to go back and reread to make sense of that.

I enjoyed the plot of this story, even if the narration lessened the mental image I was able to form. I look forward to seeing what this author creates next.