2.5 stars actually but close enough to three I decided to bump it up. The first act was meh, second act eh, third act, why couldn't the rest of the book be this way? The first two thirds was a bit of a slog to get through and it was hard to keep all of the characters straight. There were I think at least five that we followed in the story. If you don't like multiple mc's this probably isn't the book for you. Although all the threads did come together in the end and this is a standalone book ,I think, although it's part of a series, However from the blurb I read on the back of the second book, you don't need to really read every book in the series. I'm assuming. Will I read more in this series? Eh... maybe, maybe not. Will I read more from this Author? Yes. 
 Recommended? Uh maybe? I think it's a book where you either love the writing or hate it. So it's up to you. 
 Buy/borrow? Borrow it first.