I loved the world-building in this book, the lore is quite unique and left me thinking about it even after I finished reading. It earned the book an extra .5 stars for me. The writing has lots of detailed descriptions and prose, which can be hit or miss with a lot of people, but I loved it. It was so atmospheric and immersive.

Effy and Preston are interesting and developed characters, and the romance was well paced with lots of chemistry. 

Unfortunately the last quarter of the book let me down a bit. The pacing felt too fast then too slow, and the mysteries were wrapped up a bit clumsily in my opinion.