Loved the worldbuilding, magic system and central premise, but I wasn't a fan of the writing or spelled-out expositions of characters' emotions (maybe this is a YA thing...?). Sometimes the plotting and pacing was spot on, but much of the time things happened too slowly and other times much too quick. Powerful as an exploration of racist oppression and what growing up with that fear and trauma does to you, imagining resistance, and that this isn't always pure and simple.