I'm sorry but I did not enjoy this book at all. 
 First of all, I thought that this was going to be an amazing science-fiction story filled with aliens, strength, romance and albeit a little humor here and there. I was also of the opinion that the plot of the story would be something fantastic and new, based on the many good reviews I saw about this book. 
 I was sadly disappointed. The story itself was interesting only for about 10% of the book, and then we just go through an immensely long character development phase. In addition, the authors also took a very long mile in describing their conversations, and that was REALLY boring. 
 The part that ripped my little black heart out was when (view spoiler)[ Lilac suddenly and out of nowhere died. It was so unexpected and I could truly feel Traver's angst and mourning as THEY JUST STARTED BEING A COUPLE (hide spoiler)] 
 But honestly speaking I was a little impressed at the turnout that happened because of the above spoiler. 
 Anyhoo, I don't think I'll be pursuing books 2 and 3 of this series as this is so not in my interest. I want magic and fantasy and aliens and hidden words and artifacts! 
 However, I would need to note the impeccable way of writing in this book. It was easy to read and there were a lot of new vocabulary that I was able to learn.