Things this book has: 
 A kickass heroine 
 Queer characters 
 WOC in positions of power 
 Snark 
 Science 
 Extremely vivid and complex world building-- It's basically world building porn 
 Characters with lots of depth 
 A Hot Dude who is also a POC 
 Complicated family situations 
 Found families 
 Strong sibling bonds 
 An entire culture that is poly 
 Characters who are super curious and good at observations and want to learn things for the sake of learning 
 An Evil Homophobic church 
 Magic 
 Matriarchy 
 Lots and lots of ships 
 If any of those are Your Thing (and surely some of them are), you should definitely pick this one up.