I'm not really sure to what to say. Marketing made me think this book was going to be heavier in fantasy elements than it was. I still enjoyed the historical setting, however, but was a bit disappointed when my expectations turned out to be wrong.

The first half of the story was paced in a weird way. The first few chapters with Òdòdó's kidnapping were intriguing, but her extremely quick acceptance of her situation was very odd to me. There didn't seem to be any emotion coming from her aside from passivity and that made it difficult for me to connect to her and her story. An event that was supposed to be tense and scary was just... flat.

The second half did pick up in terms of action, though! I found myself more engaged, if only to figure out what Òdòdó was going to do. I still found the writing emotionless, but the twists were interesting and I appreciated that O.O. Sangoyomi wasn't afraid to take chances with plot twists and the direction the story took. I'll definitely keep an eye out on their future works!