Status Updates From Study in Scarlett (The Iron...

The writing is horrible and I have no idea what is going on. I can tell the book has not been edited properly because I just read a repeated sentence.

So far this book is kind of confusing. I'm trying to understand each character but what I'm really trying to understand is what the world outside the Obsidian Marrow is like so I can better understand what's going on. I still have more to read so maybe my questions will be answered.