ladygrey
The story is pretty simple. But the characters are interesting if not entirely deep they're well developed enough to support the story. The mythology of the world is interesting, something a little like [b:The Thief|19063|The Book Thief|Markus Zusak|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1522157426l/19063._SY75_.jpg|878368] but somehow both more involved and less profound.
The allusions to the sequel at the end have a great deal of foreboding and kind of suck some of the excitement out of the victory because you feel like even as the characters win they lose some of their power. Which is an interesting dynamic and makes me curious to read the next one.