Excellent Start

It was a slow start, but still held my attention. The characters were being explored and the world built. Then second half took off running. I loved and hated the main characters with zest. The writing was superb. I found myself jumping emotions with each page, hopeful, hopeless, excited, sad, mad, outraged and horrified. It ended with a soft cliffhanger, so be ready with book 2. I went into this book blind based on a friends recommendation, my favorite way to explore new to me authors.