This book tried to do a lot and tackle a lot of issues, but despite its beautiful writing and compelling characters, the story ended up getting very muddled. Character motivations changed every other page, vacillating between opposing desires so that I often didn’t know what the character cared about most. There were three separate and completely compelling plots going on simultaneously that failed to weave together. While I gobbled up this book, it ultimately left me disappointed because I had lost sight of the plot completely and have no idea if the protagonist achieved what she wanted or not. Looking back, it was never really clear.

An ambitious and commendable story, that would have been better as three separate novels.