Although I liked this one, the whole story took place in only a handful of locations which, in hindsight, makes it seem to me like a whole lot of very little actually went down, but with a lot more words thene might otherwise be needed. IMO, when setting up for additional stories, the current book should set up the reader's desire for the next installment throughout the story. This one just felt like a string of "point in time" anicdotes

Still, I'm loveing the pacing, the style and especially the worldbuilding. I like the time spend with the Adem the most, and appreciate the details of their cultural design. I just hope that this series has a decent progression and an EVENTUAL conclusion (cough SoIaF)