It was an agreeable read, but not exceptional. Mostly, I think that it is lacking some elements which could have given it more depth, but which are only glossed over here. 
 The story itself is interesting: several nomads tribes are living in a desert, each adoring a different god who needs to come in the human world every hundred years in order to perform some small miracles which would allow the tribe to survive the next hundred years. For that, a child is chosen as a vessel for the god and lives all its life knowing that at 16 years old (I am not sure if I remember correctly) he would have to surrender his body to the god and die. In addition, he can't really live his 16 years as he wants since he must protect his body for the god and keep it perfect. For that, he must follow strict rules governing what he can do or eat. 
 It's the case of Liyana. However, when she performs the rite which will allow her to give her body to her goddess, the goddess doesn't answer. Believing that she has been judged unworthy, her tribe abandons her in the desert. Some days later she is joined by Korbyn, the trickster god who has possessed his vessel's body. He tells her that some gods have been kidnapped and that they must find the other vessels in order to be able to help the gods. They start to journey together in the desert from tribes to tribes and Liyana, who was resigned to die, find that she is starting to fall in love with Korbyn and that, finally, she is not so ready to surrender her body. 
 I found the plot to be somewhat shallow and repetitive with the group journeying form tribe to tribe to speak to the leader and take the other vessels with them. Liyana had potential, she is smart and practical; however I found it difficult to empathize with her as she is too resigned to her fate and accept it all too calmly. The other characters were all too stereotypical and not fully exploited. It particularly annoyed me when we get to see how the gods (other than Korbyn) thought of their vessels and treats them and that Liyana was just a little upset with it. 
 Korbyn however was an interesting character; he is the only god who doesn't hesitate to break their rules in order to help humans and has a great sense of humor. I also liked to see his complicate relationship with Liyana, as he is her goddess' lover but also start to develop feelings for her. 
 As for the Crescent Empire, again I think that they were too stereotypical; we never really learnt anything about them and were just served some cliches. The Emperor could have been interesting as he has an interesting point of view and wants to destroy the gods in order to free the vessels, but it was underexploited. 
 On the whole, this story was original and had interesting ideas, but it lacks depth which could have made it really good.