I am so deeply in love with this novel. 
 I read it for the first time a year or two ago, where I genuinely enjoyed it but didn't go too crazy over it. On a whim I reread it again this year and it utterly blew my mind. It's a little hard to put my finger exactly on what the difference was this time around, but it might come down to the simple fact that I intrinsically understood the framing device this time around (which is only properly revealed late in the plot) and this added a whole level of interpretation to everything that was going on. 
 Even with that aside, I strongly recommend this book to fans of fantasy. It gives an intriguing reinterpretation of what gods can be when they are no long gods, as well as a world where the natural balance of things has been disrupted beyond repair. The world building is utterly fantastic - but it is the main character that seals the deal for me; she is a warrior from a matriarchal society shoved into a political setting where none of her traditional skills will help her at all. While she is not always as proactive as I would like I feel the setting justifies this, and ultimate the plot is driven by her attempts to survive. 
 A unique story, and one I strongly recommend.