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So far, this is a bit too similar to Dune, The Name of the Wind, and material such as Red Rising. Some of the passages even seem to be as if the author took one of these source materials and just referenced a thesaurus in order to reword entire passages and place them in their own book...

So far this is an enjoyable adventure to read! Though one critique I have is that when the book tranistions between narratives it does so without a page break or some visual indicator that it is or has tranisitioned and rather just plops you right back and forth between the different storylines, which can be a bit confusing/jarring.

So far, I am around 100 pages into this book and will say that it feels a bit like the author is doing a 'Paint-by-numbers' fantasy story with the two protagonists being in different social classes/standing and both wanting to pretty much be in the other's shoes, etc. Intriguing, but nothing so far that has stood out to me that seems original.