This book is good, no doubt about that.
I had high expectations after seeing this everywhere online, and every time I go into a book with that much hype, I expect it to be amazing, just like everybody else says it is. Unfortunately, it wasn't.

I think this book is a good fantasy that works better for a younger audience (new adult kinda thing), as it has a female protagonist that is insufferable right in the beginning, but as the story develops, she tries to put things right, to do the right thing, and discovers that her right is actually very wrong and entitled. You see the protagonist pulling the veil from her eyes and learning more about her surroundings, the society she takes part in, and how progress is not really progress at the cost of so many people suffering ( hello, capitalism).  It's a book trying to teach something important in its themes and concepts, but kinda on the nose most of the time, with constant repetition. 

It was very well written, the ideas were interesting, and I loved that everything was able to fit in a standalone.  But the hype said it was super complex, with incredible characters and super plot twists, and I saw nothing of it in there. When I hit the 30% mark, I knew exactly where the story was going, even with the romantic subplot, so no surprises for me here.

Would recommend to friends who don't read fantasy as much, or love romantasy and  are looking for something more.