Wow. This book was nothing like I expected. I'd heard people talk about how dark, twisted and generally messed up this world was and I was still unprepared. And this book is very adult. There's no explicit sex in it, but so much of the culture of the world revolves around the sexual it's still very present. 
 I wasn't sure at first if I was going to be able to handle the world as it was presented. And there are still definitely parts that I struggled with. (view spoiler)[It's interesting how though the scene where a man gets his penis and testicles "shaved" off was super disturbing, but ended up bothering me less than the whole concept of "breaking" a witch on her Virgin Night (yes, capitals and everything) and rendering her powerless. I mean, I get the sexual nature of the world, but at times far too much of it relied on rape as a tool for the plot. (hide spoiler)] 
 In the end though, I got surprisingly invested in the characters. I reached a point around halfway through the book where I didn't want to stop reading. And though the last 100 pages didn't go at all the way I expected them too--and that ending was kind of bizarre--I've got the next two books in the series checked out from the library and ready to go. I know there's something like 9 books in the series, but I think the first 3 form their own self-contained trilogy. And I'm definitely in for at least that much. I'm very interested to see where the series goes and will probably be picking up book 2 next.