I originally rated this 3.75 stars, but after giving it some time I had to knock it down a notch.

I really wanted to love this book. The cover is incredible and the story sounded like it could be as well. But actually reading it was another story. 

Something about this book made my brain turn off, and my reading pace was half the speed it usually has (the same happens with me and Tolkien). 

Maybe it were the constant local references that probably make this book fun for people who live there or know the area, but were quite meaningless to me.

Also, while I personally like stories with animal protagonists (especially if they're sarcastic little assholes) they have their own terms for certain human things and their different perspective requires getting used to, which didn't make the reading easier for me.

I probably won't read the sequel, but if this is ever adapted for TV, I think it could either be really cool series or a garbage fire and I'd be interested in watching either way.