"People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don't expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it." 
 I'm not sure why I disliked this book so much the first time I read it. I'd assume I was just measuring it to Six of Crows and was annoyed there was no Kaz, but I enjoyed this so much more on reread. Sure, it's not the most original story and features a special-snow-flake type protagonist in a love triangle with the same kind of guys in every YA love triangle ever (Stefan and Damon, Chaol and Dorian, Jem and Will, Jacob and Edward. Aspen and Maxon etc). But I really liked the dynamic from both sides of the triangle, which is rare for me. I adored the world and loved the world building. There's never any fat dumps of world building, but you're also never spoon-fed.