I have taken a pretty hiatus from reading (not intentional, but the Army really doesn't equal much reading time) and recently found the booktube/book review communities. This book was all over them, recommending it and how well written it was. Hesitantly, I rented it from my library and read it. 
 WOW! 
 My honest review would be a 4.5/5 stars. I loved the characters and how they had FLAWS. Big glaring ones that made them blunder and mess up in ways that effected them in life altering ways. The conflict, loosely based off of Rome was believable and engrossing. There where minor flaws, but nothing that took away from the stories in a glaringly obvious way.