Fantastic diverse fantasy novel

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This was my first novel by Chokshi and I’m so happy I finally picked up her work. This historical, fantasy, steampunk novel, was told from multiple perspectives and it not only worked well but added so much to the narration. The writing was descriptive and heavy with character interactions but there was still a lot of plot and I feel like this book is going to appeal to so many different people. I loved the heist aspect of the story and I thought the technology/forging ability was fascinating. While I liked Laila and Tristan the most, I really loved the entire team (including Hypnos) and how they interacted and worked (or didn’t work) together.

This story jumps right in so I was a little confused at the start about the history and hierarchy of the world created but slowly my questions were answered and by the end of the story I felt like I had a pretty good grasp on the world. The ending of the story had me gasping out loud multiple times and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book in the series!