This is one of those "you have to read this for yourself" books. I can't think of any good way to summarize it without either giving away the entire book, or completely failing to express how different and fascinating it is. There's so much packed into this fairly short book, the best thing you can do is just go along for the ride. I'm glad there are more books in this series - I'll definitely continue! 
 2016 reading challenge: first book in a series by a person of color