This will be my biggest disappointment of 2024, damn I was excited for this. 

It was fine, but the world-building was lackluster despite some really cool ideas. Main characters have really unique struggles that made them interesting. I can't get past the heavy exposition dumping, messy writing, and whiplash tone changes. If I were more interested in the plot I would keep going, but I have no interest in reading a training/trials story. Feels uninspired and overdone. Also there's a borderline incest romance happening and I just can't handle that lol

Might pick it up later but I feel myself actively avoiding reading it so I'm giving up for now.