... I don't quite know how I feel about this. I liked it, but at the same time felt disappointed by it. 
 The characters were interesting, but none of them really feel like they have any staying power. The plot was interesting but the pacing got sort of weird at the end. The worldbuilding was interesting but seriously underutilized. 
 I read this relatively quickly--only a few sittings over two days. And I wanted to keep reading it. But when I was done with it I sort of felt apathetic about the whole thing. Strangely hollow. And it really does sort of get fantasy trope-y at times. Some of it is forgivable, but most of it sort of makes me feel like we missed an opportunity here. 
 Also some of the plot points didn't sit that well with me, particularly the ones revolving around violence against women. To Myer's credit, she works to dismantle and subvert it in the narrative--one of the worst offenders gets a messy death--but it still just bothers me in general that it has to be included at all. 
 And the women's plotlines all revolve around men. (view spoiler)[Lin is running from her abusive brother who beat her excessively to cause her to miscarry and then goes off on a quest at the whims of a male character. Rianna's plot revolves completely around men and her feelings for them, causing her to be manipulated and "used" (and by that it means "no longer a virgin" and don't even get me started). Marilla's plot similarly revolves around men and also violent sex and is mostly inexplicable. Even Myra, who is in the story for approximately 3 seconds, has a plot that revolves around a man and dies in childbirth. (hide spoiler)] And uh, yeah, that's it for named female characters. 
 Look, I get how things have to work because of the world created--there's very much a power imbalance between men and women here. But at the same time the question here is always "why?" Why does your fantasy world have to be entrenched in sexism? And if you're going to do it to make a commentary, you'd better do it right. And I just feel like Myer misses the mark on that regard. 
 ANYWAY. 3 stars? 2.5? Good but not great. Readable but not memorable.