I am really fond of the cover. I like the labyrinth in the back, the girl inside and the genuine placing of the title.
The writing style was fluent and easy to read. Through the first-person-perspective of Rhen it was easy to commiserate with her.
I must admit, from reading the short description, I would have expected a slightly different story. I was expecting something like Panem or Fire&Flood or something alike. However, here I got something else and I do not want to evaluate my expectations, but what I really got - although it is hard to keep this to parts apart. The story was nice. The world the author created was mysterious and it was nice to get an idea, what life meant there - especially for a girl. The Labyrinth was quite far from my expectations, but held a lot of mysteries and secrets, which where surprising and enthralling.
Rhen was quite a nice main character. Living in a quite patriaracharl world with interest in sience and medicine and wanting to be able to learn more about that was a challenge, which she mastered quite well. During the story, I got to know here smartness, but also her bravery. She certainly is a warrior, but has her heart at the right place. The side characters were also quite nice. Lute was a nice boy. Vincent was a great opponent and in some way a stereotopic macho. Although Seleni was fine with the life like it was for women, she allways was a great cousin to Rhen.
The end of the story was a little open, but quite hopeful. At the end there are also some open question included, to review especially the political aspects of the story, which was a nice addition.
Fazit:
Although I expected something different, I liked the characters and the adventure of exploring the secrets of the labyrinth with them - I give the book 5 out of 5 stars :)