I think there were a lot of cool and unique things about this magic system and the broad strokes of the story I like. However. This duology could have probably been a standalone. This had a slow start for me. Picked up for a bit then it just felt like the author had too many ideas of things she wanted to be included in this universe and didn't know how to cut back. Like not every idea she had needed to be included (like market day) I going to read part 2 next so we'll see if my opinion still stands but I imagine it will. I found this to be at the very least 100 pages too long