This was a freebie I picked up on Kindle last year and have just got around to reading. I was really excited about reading this book at the start, I thought it would be revealing about the culture, and although it was good in some places, overall I was just disappointed. It seemed like the author was trying too hard in this book to cover too much than the 400 odd pages would allow. The novel seemed to have a very long set up, leading to an event which was brushed over and done and dusted too quickly to be significant. I understand what the author was trying to get at here, but the religious aspect of the book was a touch over done, and the story could have had as much impact with less of the constant religious references being pushed through. I'm disappointed because I thought this was going to be a really good book that was telling of the culture, instead it focused on religion and almost seemed to forget the mission of why Amy was there. The military terminology and switching between Amy and Ameera was frustrating, as for the most part I didn't know what the military terminology even meant. It felt like a given that if you were reading this you had military experience.

I wouldn't recommend this book unless you have a lot of patience to work through the plot to untangle the separate yet linked story lines.