I absolutely loved the rich, colorful, vivid world Maria V. Snyder painted of Sitia and could easily visualize landscapes, houses, people, scenes... 
 in my head while reading. 
 The book was a thrilling read of Yelena "Bulldozer"'s new dangerous life in a culture very different from Ixia's, 
 featuring her family, an interesting magic system, the search for a brutal serial killer, complex characters, and lots of twists and turns. 
 The parts with the story weaver were just awesome, especially the first one. 
 All in all, I enjoyed magic study even more than poison study for all the 
 "Surprise, Bitch!" 
 On to the next one.