Damn, this book could have been so good. But it falls into the trap of having extremely good worldbuilding and then being unable to back it up with an equally good plot. It's a shame, because the premise is so much fun:

Really didn't get on with much of this book. The individual parts felt largely fine – strong character work on occasion, and at least a workable adventure the rest of the time, but I didn't like the plot. Having to venture across an ocean w