This is a seriously slow burn. It honestly took over half the book to get interesting and moving. I think a bit part was my confusion in the fact that it wasn't set in Lawrence's Broken Empire. I spent the early quarter of the book wondering how things were fitting in until I found out it was completely segregated. It does get better and in fact is probably one of Lawrence's better books, I feel well interested now so when Grey Sister is out, I'll read it too.