I won't reveal any spoilers as this book takes many twists and turned in the plot, but there was a lot going on here. Realistically I shouldn't have picked this up in the weeks between uni midterms and finals as it was quite a dense and info packed read. But I still really enjoyed it, and finished up the last 10 chapters via audiobook. 
 At times, the plot dragged. I also felt that given i know very little about history I was sometimes confused with what was going on. The amount of subplots were, for me, a drawback. I had a hard time keeping track of them, and this is where I felt this book was not a full 5 stars for me. 
 Definitely worth pulling through this book to continue on with the series and I was determined to get through it before the start of season 2.