Pros: brown people in a non-western based culture, decent writing

Cons: Jandu tbh (but he's a HUGE one), sex scenes I wanted to skip over

I wanted to give this book a two because it upset me, but the writing and storytelling were pretty good for the most part so it goes one star up.

Why did this book upset me. Well, I have a chronic issue with the main couples of books and this is kind of at the top of my list right now. I literally hated Jandu and I hated his romance with Keshan. Like, I loved Keshan and I wish more of the book had been in his point of view, to be honest.

The construction of a caste system was kind of interesting. Not necessarily innovative, but it was nice to see brown people which always fills me with happiness. It was nice to have the point of view of Tarek sometimes because I actually love him and I would totally be into reading Tarek/Keshan fanfiction. I'm assuming Jandu with magically come to care for all classes after living in exile or something but I'm not sure I'm into it enough to find out. I feel like I'll still hate him. Which is weird because I'm often into self-centred assholes. *shrug*

Honestly the book wasn't too bad but Jandu ruined the book for me and so did the sex, which probably isn't too much for some people but it was annoying for me. Go ahead and read it, if you'd like. ( )