It felt to me like the author had taken a couple of modern, progressive people and deposited them in Caribbean of the 17th century. The characters seemed either good or bad to me. There were not a lot of grey areas or character development which are the types of books I enjoy.

The violence is often very graphic so consult the trigger warnings if you'd like to avoid certain topics. 

I liked how homosexuality and bisexuality were displayed in this book. Overall, I think I would have enjoyed the book a lot more if it were set in the present day and characters were more ambiguous.
  
Thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for an advance e-copy of this book