I am surpised to say that I immediately took to this book and the series. So much so that I read the second one immediately and have just started the third one. This is all very unsual for me as I usually get burned out on a world after a book and have to move on. I can't tell you exactly how many book series are one or two books in for me currently; not becauase I didn't like them, but because I just needed a break from the world.
I am also tryng to get into "reading" some more audio books, particularly classics. I figured an audio book would be a good way for me to read some books that I normally would not read. I have found Librivox to be an excellent site for finding public domain audio books. The recordings are hit and miss, but overall very listenable. Librivox allows you to subscribe to the audio books as a podcast which I am listening to with the Podcast app on my iPhone. It takes a little fanagling, but works for the most part very well. I am currently reading "Around the World in Eight Days" by Jules Verne. It is very good so far.