Good Kings Bad Kings

There's a lot to like about this book but my overall experience with it was just average. Most of the storyline really worked for me (except Yessie's little field trip near the end, which just felt kind of silly and out of place) and I liked having points of view from characters in different parts of the system. However there is one character who feels SO author-voice to me, like just halting the plot for lectures directly from the author, and a couple of the points of view were written in ways that felt borderline racist (especially the way the Mexican character's accent is written out).