There were a lot of really interesting ideas here, and I really liked some of the characters, including a lot of the really important ones. The worldbuilding was original overall as well. However, I think the writing itself could have used a little more work. Like the phrase "took a pose of X," which I'd wager showed up several times in almost every scene--I like the idea behind it, but since none of these poses are ever described to the reader (and I would have loved to read what some of them looked like) it's a lot of telling versus showing when I think a little showing would have gone a long way. There were also a few times throughout the course of the book when things weren't really explained very well; it often took me several scenes to understand that something had happened, and one time I actually did understand what had happened but the explanation and description just didn't work properly for me so I thought I hadn't.