This is a love story. A bitter sweet love story, with so much bitter in the mix that I didn't cry, I weep for Aqib. I weep ugly tears for him. At times I almost couldn't read on. 
 It is also a very domestic story with all of the plot being small and close to home, while the world building paints a much bigger world to be explored, but we never do. It is a story about love, family, duty and about guy men in a society that will not let them be together and about one that will. 
 The story structure was brilliant, mixing in the bitter from the start. Making me root for the lovers, making me lost for them as well. Hoping against hope that they would find a way.