I am a bit conflicted about this one. I really liked the premise it was a super cool idea and I couldn't wait to see how it played out. I had no knowledge of any of the historical stuff taking place (which actually was a bit of a hindrance) and some of the terms I didn't understand. I think the book struggled a bit to decide what genre it actually wanted to be and the letters between these two weren't the main focus like I assumed they would be. I really think it would have been so much better to build the romance/love story between these two... but the book just kind of has them smitten with one another and pining for each other almost out of nowhere and the romance just felt strange to me. 

 I spent a lot of the book either confused by events because the terminology and culture wasn't something I was familiar with or bogged down in extensive details that weren't really critical to the story. It was interesting to me that the bigger focus of each storyline had almost nothing to do with the dynamic between the two characters (other than to keep them from a relationship with someone else). I guess I just wished for something more romantic honestly. I have to admit that the big moment was predictable from the start which was kind of disappointing. Overall, I think it was a good story but it just was missing something critical for me to love it.