Good things for me is the world description and the overall story lesson.
I feel like the Euro centric culture comparisons were a lazy approach to gain an audience as opposed to truly share authentic Yoruba heritage.
African hair doesn't "fall in sheets" or other descriptions of palace life.
Also, the repetitive phrasing like the "heart slammimg against the chest" several books over, lost me after a while.
I did love hearing the Yoruba language and veneration of the Orishas.