It was okay. Maybe I should have read this first instead of the second book by this author as I was expecting a lot after having read the second book in the series. The book itself was okay. Took me a while to understand what was happening and also how the characters intertwined. Also for most of the book it seemed the book was more about Jakob rather than the main character. I would say read this first before reading the second book by the author, otherwise you would be left disappointed.