I've never read a book by this author before. I spent the first couple of chapters wondering if this book was the first in a series or not--it looked like one, but the character backstory was so rich I wondered if I was missing something.

Fortunately, I was not! Judging by the other reviews and what happened as I continued reading, the author has two tangential series taking place around the same time in the same city, but not with the same characters or anything.

Since this was the first book I've read by this author, I feel like the main goal here was to get me to read the next one. I'm definitely planning to! The other series, I don't know yet. We'll see.

Only not five-stars because of some weirdness with the economics and such like that. It was a bit distracting, since major plot points hinged around the fact that the main characters need to pay back a debt. Money is an important factor here.