I have mixed feelings about this book, which is why I've given it a three star rating.

I grabbed this book from my library because of the synopsis on the book and the cover, it truly is a gorgeous piece of art. I was so intrigued by the plot idea but I feel like it was a bit flat. I didn't learn much about the world overall, didn't really feel like I understood much about how the system worked, and that frustrated me. The characters also were a bit one-dimensional and I felt like some of them, Tristan mostly, had the biggest 180 without a really great explanation.

Overall, I think this book had a lot of potential. I am pretty sure this is a standalone, but if there was a sequel I would pick it up because its entirely possible that sequel would help answer a lot of questions and make the duology/trilogy/series whatever it became a bit more rounded and a higher ranking series.