I'm experiencing a serious case of the feels right now... Can I just smash my palm on the keyboard and let that be my review? No? Okay, I'll try to form words then. 
 First, why didn't I read this sooner?? I fell deeply in love with the world, characters and story. It is beautifully written and I could see it all happening in my mind. 
 I really admire Kestrel. She is very smart and I love that that is the thing that makes her so strong. She doesn't make foolish or rash decisions. She is amazing and she had also some great character development. And Arin, he is great and I admire him, too. Their relationsship developed beautifully but it was not at all easy. Ah, what a delightfully painful new ship for me! *sobs in the corner* 
 I was really fascinated by the politics of this world. It was really interesting to read about that aspect and see what would happen and it brought a great amount of action to the story. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book, but I'm also quite scared!