At the beginning of the first book the writing was definitely a little shaky. Over use of descriptive words almost pulled away from the plot and sounded like the narrator just reading a thesaurus at times. After a while though that aspect got a bit more tamed down and the plot could take off. After that hiccup the story line and characters were exceptionally engaging. The world and lore building was done very well. Leaving just enough to the imagination and just enough as mysteries about the universe as whole allowing the reader to rediscover details alongside the characters. That being said if you give the book a try I would highly recommend giving it a few chapters to get off the ground, before deciding to move on.