The world-building was weak to me, but I understand that there are other books in this universe that maybe would fill that world-building hole for me, so that might just be the fault of my reading order, not the book. I overall liked the vibes of this book but I didn't feel it was anything super special. I do like the mafia vibe of the Ballengers so it is hard to see them as outlaws when I like their vibe so much. I am going to mark the next point as a spoiler out of an overabundance of caution but I truly do not believe it is one.  

The last chapter of the book threw me off so hard?? I thought that where Jase and Kazi's stories left off was a solid stopping point for the book to launch into a sequel and the very final chapter confused the shit out of me