I think there was a lot potential in this book. The world is interesting, the different magic systems had an opportunity to be really cool, and the political intrigue should have been fun.  Unfortunately for me, I felt very meh when all was said and done. I know this is a start of a series but I really dislike when the entire first book feels like it's ONLY a set up for what's going to happen next. The majority of the plot feels like filler and I don't really have any sort of drive to find out what happens next.