OK, this book started off as a slow read because of how much world building there was, and a lot of new terms that I had to learn. So far Jazmyne I’m not sure how I feel about her especially because she sits on this kind of pedestal of what a Alumbrar are. It’s kind of like she doesn’t want her to get her hands dirty but she’s willing to let everyone else dirty their hands for her and it kind of seems a bit cowardly at least to me. Like she talks a lot about how she wants to be a better leader, and yet she’s constantly put into situations where she is leaving others to defend for themselves instead of defending them like the leader she plans to be would. I also think she’s really idealistic and sees her future for Aiyaca and rose-colored glasses when it will be much harder to actually achieve. Now Ira/Iraya she is very reckless as a character and seems to go for action before thinking fully through even though she says she is. It seems like she’s not putting into play the safety nets the Doyenne has put on her. But I also have to remember if she was in a prison for like a decade and so there’s been a lot of changes to the world that she is not aware of. I don’t know overall I think the book could be a bit faster paced but I do like the storyline thus far.