First, I feel I should mention I am not a fan of Steam Punk. Not that I dislike it, I've just never been all that interested in it. That being said, I did enjoy that aspect of Stormdancer. I am intrigued by the Guild with their 'skin', and how the apparatuses that are connected through their bodies work. Rin is my favorite character. 
 The story moved smoothly between the action and intrigue scenes, and the plot moved rather quickly. 
 My two main problems (reasons why I only gave 3 stars) were: 
 1) I could not get into the book. Once I started reading, it was hard to put down, but once I did, I had a hard time picking it back up. 
 2) The ending. (view spoiler)[I don't really get how Hiro & the Emperor where able to figure EVERYTHING out from Kin's toy. I can understand thinking the Guild was working with her to escape, but knowing that they were breaking her father out and the same time? Or who all was working with his sister? This did not make sense when they came out and said no one had betrayed them. (hide spoiler)] That has been bugging me since I finished the book. 
 There is a good probability I will pick up the next book, if only to see what happens to Kin.