If you can get past the very, very,(very) slow beginning, the world is interesting. I had to start and re-start this book, I think, four times before I got to the intersting bits. This book is HUGE. Fair warning. 
 Also, a cliche stalker romance thing happens in the beginning. It was hard for me to read past at first because that's been done to DEATH. 
 Overall there was a LOT that could have been cut to make this a tighter start to a Trilogy. I'm not sure if I'll take the time to read the second.