Unfortunately this one just did not grab me at all. I think it throws way too many things at the wall, and immediately you are confronted with learning about a very alien society and have  cavalcade of different characters you need to keep track of. Without that initial buy in, I was struggling to stay focused reading and really care about what was going on. The alien world was cool when I could understand it, but this one wasn't for me. (The villain also came sort of out of nowhere and was handled with far too easily)