I liked it, but not a lot. It wasn't boring, no, but it was slow and sometimes difficult to understand. I had a lot of trouble with the ending and how everything was thrown at my face all at once and didn't make much sense. 
 It took a lot of time and a lot of flicking back to the previous pages, chapters and sections to finally fit together a good explanation for myself for what happened at the end. 
 But overall, this was a good book. 3.5 stars. 
 I'm going to have to debate with myself wether or not I should pick up the next one. I heard it's pretty good, probably even better but I'm put off by the name. 'The Queen of Attolia' isn't really helping my decision since I found Queen Attolia very much cringe-worthy in this book. 
 Oh well. Eugenides may just be worth it...