Absolutely wild ride. Picking up this book reminded me of how it felt to turn on Mad Max: Fury Road knowing nothing about it. The best part about these characters is how fleshed out and imperfect they are. Gideon endeared herself to me immediately and Harrow grew on me

much like how she grew on Gideon

. Muir really has created a very unique world for her series l—I've never seen anything quite like it. 

Would've been a perfect five from me if not for how the first couple acts were a bit of a slog. That being said, I don't really think there was any way to streamline all the information that Muir had to give, but it still impacted my reading experience. I didn't truly enjoy it until I got almost halfway through.